--- title: "News: Phonics" url: "https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/tag/phonics" school: "St. Aidan’s Primary School – A Church of England Academy" --- # News: Phonics ![Image of We’ve started our second handwriting book to help perfect letter formation for writing! ​We use special phrases to form each letter correctly—this week we’ve been practising ‘c’: "curl around the cat". ​Have a look at our photos and practise at home! 🐈](https://files.schudio.com/st-aidan-s-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/61115.jpg) 6 Nov [2026-11-06-we-ve-started-our-second-handwriting-book-to-help-perfect-letter-formation-for-writing-we](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2026-11-06-we-ve-started-our-second-handwriting-book-to-help-perfect-letter-formation-for-writing-we) #### [We’ve started our second handwriting book to help perfect letter formation for writing! ​We use special phrases to form each letter correctly—this week we’ve been practising ‘c’: "curl around the cat". ​Have a look at our photos and practise at home! 🐈](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2026-11-06-we-ve-started-our-second-handwriting-book-to-help-perfect-letter-formation-for-writing-we) ![Image of Phonics Stars & a Treat! ⭐ Super proud of Year 1 for completing their Phonics Screening Check with amazing focus! To celebrate, we surprised them with delicious Oreo milkshakes. Thanks to parents for your fantastic support with reading and attendance!](https://files.schudio.com/st-aidan-s-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/bdd002e095f4.jpg) 16 Jun [2026-06-16-phonics-stars-a-treat-super-proud-of-year-1-for-completing-their-phonics-screening-check-](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2026-06-16-phonics-stars-a-treat-super-proud-of-year-1-for-completing-their-phonics-screening-check-) #### [Phonics Stars & a Treat! ⭐ Super proud of Year 1 for completing their Phonics Screening Check with amazing focus! To celebrate, we surprised them with delicious Oreo milkshakes. Thanks to parents for your fantastic support with reading and attendance!](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2026-06-16-phonics-stars-a-treat-super-proud-of-year-1-for-completing-their-phonics-screening-check-) ![Image of Hassan is this week's speller of the week, he has scored 10/10 every single week and ALWAYS applies his spelling and phonetic knowledge to his writing in all areas of the curriculum. Well done Hassan!](https://files.schudio.com/st-aidan-s-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/16f6a4444c94.jpg) 27 Mar [2026-03-27-hassan-is-this-week-s-speller-of-the-week-he-has-scored-10-10-every-single-week-and-alway](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2026-03-27-hassan-is-this-week-s-speller-of-the-week-he-has-scored-10-10-every-single-week-and-alway) #### [Hassan is this week's speller of the week, he has scored 10/10 every single week and ALWAYS applies his spelling and phonetic knowledge to his writing in all areas of the curriculum. Well done Hassan!](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2026-03-27-hassan-is-this-week-s-speller-of-the-week-he-has-scored-10-10-every-single-week-and-alway) ![Image of Practising writing some phonics sounds and our names in pen party.](https://files.schudio.com/st-aidan-s-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/1772362347831.jpg) 27 Feb [2026-02-27-practising-writing-some-phonics-sounds-and-our-names-in-pen-party](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2026-02-27-practising-writing-some-phonics-sounds-and-our-names-in-pen-party) #### [Practising writing some phonics sounds and our names in pen party.](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2026-02-27-practising-writing-some-phonics-sounds-and-our-names-in-pen-party) ![Image of Congratulations to all of Reception, our Stars of the Week! Alongside hard work in phonics assessments, we’ve seen a brilliant boost in oracy across all subjects—especially Maths.](https://files.schudio.com/st-aidan-s-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/1771865258813.jpg) 23 Feb [2026-02-23-congratulations-to-all-of-reception-our-stars-of-the-week-alongside-hard-work-in-phonics-](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2026-02-23-congratulations-to-all-of-reception-our-stars-of-the-week-alongside-hard-work-in-phonics-) #### [Congratulations to all of Reception, our Stars of the Week! Alongside hard work in phonics assessments, we’ve seen a brilliant boost in oracy across all subjects—especially Maths.](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2026-02-23-congratulations-to-all-of-reception-our-stars-of-the-week-alongside-hard-work-in-phonics-) ![Image of Working on our segmenting in Reception.](https://files.schudio.com/st-aidan-s-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/18440cb1f50e.jpg) 4 Nov [2025-11-04-working-on-our-segmenting-in-reception](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-11-04-working-on-our-segmenting-in-reception) #### [Working on our segmenting in Reception.](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-11-04-working-on-our-segmenting-in-reception) ![Image of Your child will come home with the sounds we have learnt this half term. Please work on these with your child at home. Thanks.](https://files.schudio.com/st-aidan-s-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/23102025_162545_f3fad2877b23.jpg) 23 Oct [2025-10-23-your-child-will-come-home-with-the-sounds-we-have-learnt-this-half-term-please-work-on-th](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-10-23-your-child-will-come-home-with-the-sounds-we-have-learnt-this-half-term-please-work-on-th) #### [Your child will come home with the sounds we have learnt this half term. Please work on these with your child at home. Thanks.](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-10-23-your-child-will-come-home-with-the-sounds-we-have-learnt-this-half-term-please-work-on-th) ![Image of Working hard on initial sounds in phonics.](https://files.schudio.com/st-aidan-s-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/12092025_113642_bc09c2790c18.jpg) 12 Sep [2025-09-12-working-hard-on-initial-sounds-in-phonics](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-09-12-working-hard-on-initial-sounds-in-phonics) #### [Working hard on initial sounds in phonics.](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-09-12-working-hard-on-initial-sounds-in-phonics) ![Image of Working hard on our phonics.](https://files.schudio.com/st-aidan-s-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/10092025_161809_259dad05c953.jpg) 10 Sep [2025-09-10-working-hard-on-our-phonics](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-09-10-working-hard-on-our-phonics) #### [Working hard on our phonics.](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-09-10-working-hard-on-our-phonics) ![Image of Super phonics work.](https://files.schudio.com/st-aidan-s-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/14032025_171904_10b015bbb8f5.jpg) 14 Mar [2025-03-14-super-phonics-work](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-03-14-super-phonics-work) #### [Super phonics work.](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-03-14-super-phonics-work) ![Image of More great work in our phonics area this week.](https://files.schudio.com/st-aidan-s-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/04022025_160258_b6797dbe5e40.jpg) 4 Feb [2025-02-04-more-great-work-in-our-phonics-area-this-week](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-02-04-more-great-work-in-our-phonics-area-this-week) #### [More great work in our phonics area this week.](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-02-04-more-great-work-in-our-phonics-area-this-week) ![Image of Great work in the phonics area today.](https://files.schudio.com/st-aidan-s-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/27012025_165004_a02eb259d996.jpg) 27 Jan [2025-01-27-great-work-in-the-phonics-area-today](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-01-27-great-work-in-the-phonics-area-today) #### [Great work in the phonics area today.](https://st-aidan-s-primary-school.schudio.com/news/2025-01-27-great-work-in-the-phonics-area-today) ### Personal Development - 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