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Phenomenal Phonics!

15th Jan 2025
This week while living life in all its fullness, Cedar class have been learning some new digraphs! A digraph is two letters combined to make a single sound in written or spoken English. The digraph can consist of consonants and vowels. We have focused on the short and long 'oo' sound and the 'ar' sound. Some of the previous digraphs they have learnt are:
  • qu- in 'queen' or 'quack'
  • ck - as in 'pick' or 'sock'
  • th - as in 'bath' or 'moth'
  • ch - as in 'chick' or 'rich'
  • sh - as in 'ship' or 'shop'
At Holly Hill we expose the children to all taught sounds daily to help them become secure in both Basics 2 and 3. The children have two daily phonics lessons, where we also develop their tricky word knowledge.
Please look at the phonics newsletter sent out with your children, so you can join in on the phonics learning at home.