Teacher Contact Information
Your teachers are: Mrs Horton and Miss Parker
You can email them at:
Mrs Horton (Horse Chestnut)
sophiehorton@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk
Miss Parker (Sweet Chestnut)
cherylparker@stratton.cornwall.sch.uk
Weekly Update 27/02/2026
This week we have been learning about the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We have acted the story using a bridge we made of large construction materials. We have also ordered the story and learnt the repeated refrains.
Swimming has been the major focus of the week for us. We are so proud of how the children did. They were a credit to the school. Thank you to all of the parents who helped walk the children to and from Splash, it is greatly appreciated.
Next week we will focus on the story of The Three Little Pigs.
Parents Evening:
We are looking forward to meeting with you next week for parent’s evening. If you have not yet made an appointment, please speak to your child’s class teacher.
Phonics:
We have been doing whole class phonics sessions this week when not at swimming. Next week the children will join their new groups.
Maths:
This week in maths we have been learning about the ‘5 and a bit’ structure of 6, 7 and 8. We have been using Numberblocks to support this. We have also been using cubes to create towers of 6, 7 and 8, focussing on 5 and how many more? We have compared this to showing 6, 7 and 8 on our hands as 5 on one hand and 1, 2 or 3 on the other.
Have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Horton and Miss Parker
Dates for the Dairy
W/B 2nd March – Parents' Evenings
Weekly Reading Homework
With your child, please carry out a variety of the following tasks at least 5 times a week, recording in their reading log each time.
Practise recognising letter sounds using flashcards daily – this is essential practise to get your child reading.
Engage in 'Fred Talk Games'. These are games that support your child to orally blend sounds into words. For example, "Fred says, tap your h-ea-d... your head!" Please see the PDF document in the 'Read Write Inc. Phonics' section below for further 'Fred Talk Games' that you can play at home.
If your child is consistently recognising most of the single letter sounds from their flashcards, make simple words out of the flashcards for them to practise reading. For example, sat, tap, dog, bed. Encourage your child to point to each letter as they say the sounds. Once they have said each sound, they need to blend them together to say the whole word. For example, s – a –t, sat. They may need you to demonstrate this initially before they have a try.
Share your child’s lilac book. This book has no words. Your child needs to look closely at the picture and talk about what they think is happening to tell a story. This develops their oracy comprehension and inference skills.
Based on your child’s most recent phonics assessment, the may also bring home a 'blending book' or a 'ditty sheet' to read at home.
Please keep all of the above in your child’s book bag. They need to bring their book bag to school every day.
Homework tasks need to be recorded in your child's reading log at least 5 times a week so that we know that your child is practising their reading at home. Reading logs are checked every Friday to see how your child is getting on at home. Please make sure that you date and initial each time you record in your child's reading log to show that your child has read their lilac book/blending book/flash cards.
Please speak to any member of the Reception team if you have any questions.
Thank you for your continued support in helping your child learn to read.
The YR Team