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by poppetsam
Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:42 pm
Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
Topic: "Mistake" in Letters and Sounds?!?
Replies: 9
Views: 46973

It might be regional....they are the same for me!

Sure, pure, manure, mature! xx
by poppetsam
Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:58 pm
Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
Topic: How our school is using Phonics International...
Replies: 10
Views: 45575

Ooops! Reading my post back and your reply Debbie, I think I needed to make clear that the session I had described was not actually my phonics lesson. We have a clear 15-20 min phonics lesson every day where we use other Phonics International Resources. I understand the need for discrete daily phoni...
by poppetsam
Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:02 pm
Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
Topic: How our school is using Phonics International...
Replies: 10
Views: 45575

This week my theme is "Our Senses" - as part of the half termly topic All About Me. Today, was 'hearing' day! So...we went on a sound walk around the school and 'collected' sounds to put into our sound bag. When we got back to the classroom - there were a variety of activites out on the ca...
by poppetsam
Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:38 pm
Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
Topic: How our school is using Phonics International...
Replies: 10
Views: 45575

How our school is using Phonics International...

Well, I hope to update this as regularly as I can! We are just about to start using the Early Years Starter Pack in Reception. Because the programme is really flexible - I'm going to try out the different resources over the next few weeks in small groups and see how the children respond - then I'll ...
by poppetsam
Sat Sep 20, 2008 9:29 pm
Forum: Technical Problems
Topic: Early Years Pack!
Replies: 1
Views: 34716

Early Years Pack!

Hi,

I purchased the Early Years Pack - and whilst I had a wonderful time looking at it and making notes as to how I will use it....I've lost the link to get back to my purchased Pack! (I couldn't bookmark it and now.....I'm ever so lost with out it!!)

How do I find it - thanks!

xx
by poppetsam
Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:13 pm
Forum: Technical Problems
Topic: I'm having a little problem....
Replies: 1
Views: 34178

I'm having a little problem....

I'm logged in and trying to access the resources in Unit one...but when I click on the PDF button, it takes we to a page that says 'This page is not available' It does this for everyone of them.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance. :) x
by poppetsam
Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:45 pm
Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
Topic: Back from Turkey and busy again for the year ahead!
Replies: 3
Views: 21904

We had a group called One Water come into our school. They were fantastic.....take a look. x

http://www.onedifference.org/uk/water/theissue
by poppetsam
Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:43 pm
Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
Topic: Talk about anything you like!
Replies: 5
Views: 30750

Whoops...that was meant to say....'get my teach into it' meaning 'getting into the phonics programme'. I do not wish to eat the children. Sorry! eeek! xx
by poppetsam
Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:41 pm
Forum: Resources Updates
Topic: New feature - free Phonics International certificates
Replies: 1
Views: 13918

The certificates are great! Thanks again...another wonderful resource! Maybe a grapheme/phoneme spotter certificate? To be given to children who continuously 'find' 'spot' 'hear' particular graphemes/phonemes out of phonics lesson time. For example - when we would take the children out on trips we w...
by poppetsam
Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:35 pm
Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
Topic: Talk about anything you like!
Replies: 5
Views: 30750

Hi all....just popping back to say hi! :)

Still in wedding planning chaos and now....teaching Reception. Was my second day today and I loved it! Looking forward to getting my teach into them now!

x
by poppetsam
Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:28 pm
Forum: Resources Updates
Topic: New EARLY YEARS STARTER PACKAGE launched - 3rd Sept 2008
Replies: 2
Views: 15931

Oooh! I've just purchased this and I am so pleased that I did!! It's my first year teaching a Reception class and this was just the resource I needed! I will be recommending it to all of my colleagues and others in the Early Years Setting in my borough....(and teacher friends that are around and abo...
by poppetsam
Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:53 pm
Forum: All sorts of articles, blogs, research and topics to stimulate debate!
Topic: Talk about anything you like!
Replies: 5
Views: 30750

Hi guys! Well, apart from extreme wedding planning... (I just can't believe that it is exactly a year away now!!) I've managed to have a little holiday on my mum and dad's canal boat; fully decorate and spring clean my house; celebrate the births of two new babies; (our best man-to-be had a boy call...
by poppetsam
Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:34 pm
Forum: Resources Updates
Topic: Watch this space - new pre-school resources coming shortly!
Replies: 6
Views: 23291

I am really looking forward to seeing these too Debbie as I will be teaching Reception from September! Eeek! Really looking forward to it!

x
by poppetsam
Wed May 21, 2008 1:33 pm
Forum: Post your Programme-based Questions Here
Topic: Handwriting
Replies: 6
Views: 59286

Our school certainly agree with you on the open letter p and we have actually closed it in all of the scheme books and we model it closed. The letters x and z are how many of the staff here were taught and although the scheme offers the choice we as a school have chosen to stay with the more traditi...
by poppetsam
Tue May 20, 2008 10:42 pm
Forum: Post your Programme-based Questions Here
Topic: Handwriting
Replies: 6
Views: 59286

Thank you for replying Debbie. I would never take your comments in a negative way and it has most certainly given me some food for thought! I agree that the font you currently use is pleasing to read and write and I think in the meantime I will add the lead ins to the Sounds Book Activity Sheets and...