Parents Phonics and Reading Workshop

Tuesday 21st October 2025

Thank You for Attending Our Reception Phonics & Reading Session

Thank you to all the parents and carers who joined us for our recent phonics and reading information session. It was lovely to see so many of you taking an active interest in your child’s early reading journey.

We will begin teaching phonics after the half-term holiday, starting with Phase 2 sounds. To support your child effectively, we kindly ask that you work with us by only practising the sounds we have taught in class each week, rather than moving ahead. This helps ensure children build confidence and accuracy at a steady pace.

Below are the resources shared during the session:

• 📽️ PowerPoint Slides from the presentation
• 🔤 Pronunciation Videos for Phase 2 and Phase 3 phonemes
• 🗂️ Phase 2 Sound and Mnemonic Sheet – the same one you received at the meeting

To help you stay up to date, the list of sounds we will be teaching each week, along with the Harder to Read and Spell Words, will be included in the next reception newsletter.

These materials are here to help you support your child at home. If you have any questions or would like further guidance, please speak to a member of the Reception team.

Thank you again for your continued support!

At St John's each year group has a set of story books that are read frequently to the children. The stories then become well known to them and they take part in reading them to the class or joining in with their favourite parts. 

Below  you to see what the reception spine books are.

Why has oral health been included in the EYFS Statutory Framework?

Good health habits need to be formed from an early age. Tooth decay is largely preventable, but it is still a large problem among young children.

We provide opportunities for the children to practise using a tooth brush and talking about why keeping out teeth clean and brushing twice a day is important.

Below is a useful Power Point to give you as parents valuable information.

The Princess of Wales recently launched "Shaping us" this is their new campaign that highlights the importance of early education.  The first five years of a child's life shapes their future as an adult. 

The video below called 'Layla's story' was part of this launch.