Well done to all the pupils and staff members who took part in our Easter Egg Challenge! It certainly brought a lot of cheer and we have loved seeing your hard work. Have a wonderful Easter from us all at Team Uphall Primary School.
Some parents might be wondering why some of the sounds your child is learning are written in different colours.
Consonants are presented in different colours depending on what part of the mouth they are made with.
Red – consonant sounds that are red are made with the lips, for example, “m”. Pink is used for quieter mouth sounds, like “f”.
Blue – consonant sounds that are blue are made with the tongue (blue – because of the veins on the tongue), for example, “d”. The letter “t”, for example, is light blue because it is a softer sound.
Yellow – consonant sounds that are yellow are made at the back/roof of the mouth. Imagine you have to shine a torch to see this part of the mouth. Some yellow letters are “h”, “c” and “k”.
Green – these are sounds made with the cheeks, like “j”, “sh” and “ch”.
“x” – is yellow shaded with blue as “x” is made from “k” – yellow + “s” – blue.
Click on the links to see a list of all letters in their corresponding colour and a picture of the mouth with the different colour parts and some of the different sounds.
Colourful Consonants Colour Coding
Vowel sounds are black because they are made with the middle of the mouth (like a dark tunnel).
(For more information on vowels – see post from 26.03.20)
Here is a copy of the Vowel House story which helps pupils identify vowel sounds using actions and window shapes. The window shapes represent the shape or movement of the mouth.
Vowel-House-Sounds Vowel-House-Story
The “Alternative Vowel House Sounds” link explains other ways of making the same sound.
This term in P5M we have been learning:
Written by Nicole and Cerys – P5M Digital Leaders
In the first term of P5 we have been learning about Malala Yousafzai and her life story. With Mr McGowan we were learning what illusion art was was to make a piece of our own. Before doing our art we were looking at some videos to get some ideas. In PE we were learning to play hockey and rounders. In hockey we were doing matches to get an idea of it. Rounders is when there are two teams one team bats while the other team fields and bowls. The bowler bowls the ball to the batter who hits the ball forward on the rounders pitch.
(Written by P5M Digital media leadership group)
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