This term pre-school children will be working with Miss Wright on a ‘Sound of the Week’. This will involve children participating in short group activities and children will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge further by exploring a variety of phonics resources.

Sounds will be introduced in the same order as they are taught in Primary 1 and the same terminology will be used. An introduction to phonics will be beneficial as children make their transition from Nursery to Primary 1.

*Please note: only sounds are taught at this stage (for example, a, b, c) as this helps children to learn to read. The letter names (for example, A, B, C) are not taught at the moment.

Week beginning 8.1.18 – m is a stretchy sound, for example, mmmmountain

WB 15.1.18 – a is a bouncy sound, for example, a – a – a – apple

WB 22.1.18 – s is a stretchy sound, for example, sssssnake