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title: "Making phonics fun- Fred turns festive!"
url: "https://alstonmoorfederation.org.uk/blog/2023-12-04-19-00-00-making-phonics-fun-fred-turns-festive"
school: "Alston Moor Federation"
---

# Making phonics fun- Fred turns festive!

  ![Image of Making phonics fun- Fred turns festive!](https://files.schudio.com/alston-moor-federation-2/images/blog/IMG_0640.JPG)  4 December 2023   [Bev Brown](https://alstonmoorfederation.org.uk/blog/author/bbrown)   [Cross Fell's Learning](https://alstonmoorfederation.org.uk/blog/category/cross-fell-s-learning)

We are working really hard to learn all of our sounds in Cross Fell and Fred is never far away to help us with those trickier words with his 'special friends, Fred talk, read the word' strategy, but we were really surprised when he turned up in a Christmas tree outfit with his friend Sparkles to help us with our sounds this week. We can't wait to see what he is wearing next- the challenge is on- the speedier we can get the more outfits he will share with us!

 [ Something strange is going on in Cross Fell!](https://alstonmoorfederation.org.uk/blog/2023-12-01-19-15-00-something-strange-is-going-on-in-cross-fell) [The Miracle- our Christmas performance 2023 ](https://alstonmoorfederation.org.uk/blog/2023-12-06-18-45-00-the-miracle-our-christmas-performance-2023)

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