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Reception Magazine - What's Buzzing? (Issue 1)
A beautifully designed, 16-page reading magazine specifically designed for Reception students.
Liven up your literacy rotations with Teach Starter’s beautifully designed and highly informative magazine, What’s Buzzing?
The magazine’s content has been specifically curated for Reception students. It uses age-appropriate vocabulary and a variety of genres to address a wide range of relevant and engaging topics.
It includes articles that some Reception students will be able to engage with on their own, along with articles that can be read by the teacher as a whole class activity.
Some of the highlights of this issue include:
- “My Dog Max” (narrative)
- “Community Helpers: Police Officer” (profile)
- “5 Fun Facts About Ants” (information)
- “Little Tree” (poem)
- “Where is My Hat?” (comic).
Also included is a comprehensive list of suggested activity ideas for each article. These activities can be used after you have read the magazine as a class or during group work.
National Curriculum Curriculum alignment
- Early Years Foundation Stage
- Communication, language and literacy
- Reading
Children read and understand simple sentences. They use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately. They also read some common irregular words. They demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they...
- Writing
Children use their phonic knowledge to write words in ways which match their spoken sounds. They also write some irregular common words. They write simple sentences which can be read by themselves and others. Some words are spelt correctly and o...

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