Hamilton Primary School Be Kind. Be Safe. Be Responsible. E-Safety Please click the link below for the presentation that was shared with parents on the 27th September 2021. E-Safety Presentation Here are some useful links for parents and children. NSPCC E-Safety Advisor Think You Know CEOP Essex E-Safety Training Constantine Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3GB 01206 572362 admin@hamilton.essex.sch.uk (for contractors) and parents@hamilton.essex.sch.uk (for parents) © 2021 Hamilton Primary School. Our school website is created using School Jotter, a Webanywhere product. [Administer Site]

Hamilton Primary School Be Kind. Be Safe. Be Responsible. Foundation Presentation for new entrants in September 2020-2021 Please click here for information about how to log in to and use Tapestry. Please click the links below for further information on how the school assesses your child in subjects that they are taught in Foundation. Expected Reading Expected Writing Expected Maths Expected other subjects Exceeding other subjects Below are some useful links to support you in phonics work with your child. Phase 2 sounds video Phase 3 sounds video TRICKY WORDS SONGS Phase 2- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMyssfAUx0 Phase 3- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R087lYrRpgY USEFUL PHONICS WEBSITES https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase2Menu.htm http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-2-games.html USEFUL TERMS GPCs: Children are taught GPCs. This stands for grapheme phoneme correspondences. This simply means that they are taught all the phonemes in the English language and ways of writing them down. These sounds are taught in a particular order. The first sounds to be taught are s, a, t, p. Blending: Children are taught to be able to blend. This is when children say the sounds that make up a word and are able to merge the sounds together until they can hear what the word is. This skill is vital in learning to read. Have a look at this video to see what we mean! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWn-qxUddqo Segmenting: Children are also taught to segment. This is the opposite of blending. Children are able to say a word and then break it up into the phonemes that make it up. This skill is vital in being able to spell words. Constantine Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3GB 01206 572362 admin@hamilton.essex.sch.uk (for contractors) and parents@hamilton.essex.sch.uk (for parents) © 2021 Hamilton Primary School. Our school website is created using School Jotter, a Webanywhere product. [Administer Site]