St Stephen's Infant School

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School Workshops

Little Wandle Phonics Workshop

November 2023

Thanks to all our Parents and Carers that attended today.

There was lots of information shared and this can be found on the 'learning tab' under 'phonics' - on this website.

Comments from our parent/carers - What have you learnt today? - "How the split diagraphs work." "I learnt what phonemes are, diagraphs and tricky words."

"Today, I learnt very useful information regarding blending words, the difference between diagraphs and trigraphs and how to use them to blend a word or sentence."

What did you find most useful? - "Explaining split diagraphs." "Finding out about the amount of sounds that sound the same." "The dashes and dots which help sound out the words." "Every aspect of the workshop."

"It was great to learn how to pronounce sounds as our children are learning them." "Understand the progress and expectation of what the children will learn."

 

 

Little Wandle Phonics Workshop

January 2023

Thanks to all our Parents and Carers that attended today.

There was lots of information shared and this can be found on the 'learning tab' under 'phonics' - on this website.

Comments from our parent/carers - "Seeing the techniques used by the teacher to teach phonics". "I will try to mirror these at home".

"Videos were helpful, really useful to have copies of the sound mats". "Activities were great too".

We regularly hold workshops which all parents /carers are invited to they will give you opportunities to learn new skills and try out ideas and activities that will help to support your relationship with your child.

These include:

Book Time,

Maths,

Phonics,

Growth Mindset,

If you would like us to organise a specific workshop please contact us. 

Below are our recent workshops...

Maths Workshop

Monday 8th November 2021

Thank you to all our parents and carers who attended the workshop today.

We hope you all enjoyed learning about  the way we teach maths in school.

We learned about 'Numicon' and resources the children use in school to support their maths skills.

We hope you found the information useful and enjoy playing the games/activities  you took home.

It was great to see the children enjoying playing the games with their parents and carers !

 

Thank you for attending, another workshop will be taking place in January for our Reception parents/carers.

 

A comment from a parent - 'From someone who struggles with maths, this has made it so much clearer for me'.

'I understand how my child is being taught maths in school'.

'Lockdown was a struggle, but with these tools if it happened again it would be easier'.

Parent and Carer Workshop

Phonics at St Stephen's Infant School

Wednesday 13th March 2019

 

A huge thank you to all of the parents and carers who attended our phonics workshop.

We shared information about how phonics is taught at St Stephen's Infants School. Parents went home with a pack to help support their children at home.

We hope you enjoyed finding out about some of the activities that children do as part of their phonics learning in school.

 Book Time Afternoon

'Little Monkey'

Reception Classes

Monday 21st January 2019

A very big thank you to all the parents and carers who attended our fun afternoon!

Information with strategies to support 'home reading' along with a 'free book' was given out during the afternoon for parents and carers to share with their children.

Some children painted pictures of monkeys, made monkey masks, had a first attempt to draw a monkey face and some children chose to read their new book in a quiet room with their parents.

It was lovely to see everyone enjoying the afternoon with their children!

Thanks for coming and enjoying the afternoon with the reception team and Mrs Stokes! 

Not forgetting to thank to Wendy from Community Learning and Neil who gave a brief talk about our library's and what they have to offer.

Maths Workshop 

Tuesday 13th November 2018

 

Thank you to all our parents and carers who attended the workshop today.

We hope you all enjoyed learning about  'Numicon' a resource the children use in school to support their maths skills.

We hope you found all the information useful and  learnt more about the way we teach maths in our school.

The children really enjoyed playing the games with the parents and carers !

 

Thank you for attending

 

A comment from a parent - "I found it very useful and feel more confident about helping my son".