Daily Communication
Date: 06/11/2026
Team: Reception E
Teachers: Teacher Sean, Teacher Betty, Teacher Niki, Teacher Pan
Subjects of the Day: Early Sound Systems, English PBL
Specialist Lesson: Dance
🌟 Tricky Sounds, Little Authors and a Happy Ending! 🌟
What a lovely way to finish another busy week in Reception E! Today, we continued developing our phonics skills in ESS before putting the finishing touches on our very own Little Red Hen storybooks. It’s been a wonderful week of writing, illustrating and storytelling, and we’re so pleased to see our little authors complete their books! 😊🌈
🔤 Early Sound Systems (ESS) – /th/ Phonics Review!
In ESS today, we began by reviewing our previously learned sounds, revisiting our single-letter sounds and digraphs to strengthen the children’s phonics knowledge and sound recognition. 📖🌟
We then returned to our voiced and unvoiced /th/ sounds, reviewing familiar vocabulary and practising reading words containing these tricky digraphs.
The children were challenged to read different /th/ words and match them to the correct pictures, using their phonics knowledge to blend the sounds together and identify the meaning of each word. ✏
As these sounds can be particularly challenging for our children, regular practice is important. Activities like this help reinforce the connection between sounds, written words and their meanings while building confidence with independent reading. Please continue practising our /th/ sounds together at home! 💛👏
🍎 English PBL – The Little Red Hen: Our Happy Ending!
Today marked a very special moment in English PBL as we completed our end-of-Unit 1 project – our very own Little Red Hen storybooks! 🐔🌾
Throughout the week, the children have been working as authors and illustrators, creating their own five-page books following the story from beginning to end.
Today, we completed our final page – Ending, where the Little Red Hen finally makes something delicious with all her hard work!
The children practised writing the sentence “Hen makes a cake.” before drawing their final illustration to complete the story. 🎨✏
This project has been a wonderful opportunity to bring together so many of the skills we’ve been developing throughout Unit 1, including handwriting, storytelling, sequencing, vocabulary and independent creativity.
From planting and harvesting wheat to grinding it into flour and finally making a cake, the children have followed the Little Red Hen’s journey and turned it into a book of their very own! 📖🌟
📚 Our Little Red Hen Books – Home Reading!
I have sent a PDF copy of your child’s completed storybook to each family group.
Please take some time to read through the book together at home! Encourage your child to read their sentences, explain their illustrations and retell the story in their own words. It’s a lovely opportunity to celebrate their hard work and practise their growing English skills. 💛😊
What a wonderful way to finish Unit 1: Healthy Body, Healthy Mind! We’ve explored so many exciting ideas and developed lots of important skills along the way.
We hope everyone has a fantastic, relaxing weekend, and we look forward to welcoming the children back on Monday as we begin Unit 2 and a brand new learning adventure!
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone! 💛😊✨
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