In Phonics this week, Year 1 have been learning to Grow the Code (learning that some graphemes can make more than one sound).
y making a long 'ee' sound at the end of words (silly, happy, smelly)
ea making a short 'e' sound (head, bread, thread)
oe and ou making a long 'oa' sound in some words, but that this is quite rare (toe, goes, shoulder, boulder)
We have also learnt a new grapheme (way of writing a sound) for the phoneme 'w'
wh (white, whale, whisper)
We noticed that this digraph comes at the beginning of words and not the end.
We have also learnt to read and spell the Tricky Words: any, many, again