Blackhorse Primary School

Blackhorse Phonics Channel

Phase 1: Oral Blending - Blend and Find

This is an activity that helps children to practise their oral blending skills. In this video, we selected an animal book but you can use anything that has lots of pictures. Children need to master oral blending before they can be successful blending (reading) words with written sounds.

Phase 1: Oral Blending with pictures

This is a game you could play that supports children to use their oral blending skills, using pictures. Children need to master oral blending before they can be successful blending (reading) words with written sounds.

Phase 2: Sounds and Actions

Learn how to pronounce the Phase 2 sounds and see the actions to match.

Phase 2: CEW

See and hear the Phase 2 Common Exception Words (CEW). A CEW is a word that cannot be sounded out using the sounds the children know and must be learnt by sight.

Phase 2: Blending to read

This video shows you how the children learn to blend (read) words at school. In this video, the children are focusing on reading words with the "f" sound.

Phase 2: Blending to read - Mix It Up

This activity will help your child blend sounds to read words. Practise this at home to improve your child's blending (reading) skills. It is important that your child is secure with Oral Blending before they move onto this skill.

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Blackhorse 'Story Box'

Mrs Baker reads chapter 1 of Emily's Surprising Voyage by Sue Purkiss

Emily and her parents are sailing to Australia aboard the famous SS Great Britain. A sort chapter book with illustrations by James de la Rue

Mrs Baker reads chapter 2 of Emily's Surprising Voyage by Sue Purkiss

All aboard the SS Great Britain, in chapter 2 Heart of the Ship, Emily goes exploring.

Mrs Baker reads chapter 3 of Emily's Surprising Voyage

Looking After Barney, the third creepy chapter by Sue Purkiss

Mrs Baker reads chapter 4 of Emily's Surprising Voyage

The final chapter of Emily's adventures aboard the SS Great Britain by Sue Purkiss

Why Ms Bruten chose Malamander by Thomas Taylor

Ms Bruten talks about choosing to read Malamander a Red level Mystery story by Thomas Taylor. She definitely recommends this book to those who love mystery, the sea and a bit of fantastical storytelling…

Ms Bruten reads Kid Christmas by David Litchfield

A beautiful story about the magic of Christmas and the origin of Santa Claus. David Litchfield has written and illustrated this beautiful book.

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Resource Base Channel

What would you like to ask an autistic child?

At Blackhorse we celebrate neurodiversity everyday. As part of 'AUTISM ACCEPTANCE WEEK' 2023, children have been showing 'Bravery' and 'Respect' and have shared their questions and experiences around autism, asking how different situations might make autistic children think and feel. Perhaps you might think and feel similar thoughts and feelings at different points throughout your day? But always remember... "when you've met 'one' person with autism, you've met 'one' person with autism"

Resource Base Christmas 2023

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Resource Base children and staff.

Resource Base Christmas Production 2022

Cherry and Sycamore Class join together to present 'The Gingerbread Man's Christmas' through narration and song.

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory LIVE PERFORMANCE

Sycamore perform Charlie and The Chocolate Factory as part of their Speaking and Listening, Reading and Writing learning

RESOURCE BASE NATIVITY 2021

Cherry and Sycamore Class join together to present 'The Story of Christmas' through songs and narration.

Bedtime Story with Miss Wise

Little Bear and the Butterflies by Susan Quinn

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How to... SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) TV

Adjectives

This very short video is supposed to help you to understand one of the different word class terms and they will give some examples of them being used in sentences too. Children in Year 2+ are taught how to recognise and use adjectives in their sentences.

Nouns (Common & Proper)

This very short video is supposed to help you to understand one of the different word class terms and they will give some examples of them being used in sentences too. Children in Year 2+ are taught about nouns but don't need to call them common or proper nouns.

Nouns (Abstract & Concrete)

This very short video is supposed to help you to understand one of the different word class terms and they will give some examples of them being used in sentences too. Children in Year 2+ are taught about nouns but they don't need to know the difference between abstract and concrete nouns.

Verbs

This very short video is supposed to help you to understand one of the different word class terms and they will give some examples of them being used in sentences too. Children in Year 2+ are taught about verbs.

Colons and Semi-colons

Children in Year 5/6 are taught about colons and semi-colons as punctuation marks to enhance their writing.

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