Phonics

Phonics is how we teach the children to read and spell. 

The children begin in Reception learning the phase 2 single letter sounds. As the year progresses they will move onto phase 3 sounds and usually end the year with a gentle introduction to phase 4 if required. 

In year one the children will begin with a quick recap of Phase 3 before moving into phase 4. It would be envisaged that the children would begin phase 5 phonics around term 2, after Christmas and end the year touching on phase 6. The children in year one will have a phonics screening test where they are tested on their phonic knowledge reading real and 'alien' words that include sounds from phases 2-5.

You can read more about this below and we will of course explain more about this process closer to the

assessment next year. 

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/194057/phonics_check_leaflet_2013_.pdf