Phonics and Early Reading

Phonics is taught daily for pupils in Reception and year 1, and in year 2 for catch-up work.

We hold workshops for parents to help our families to become confident in supporting their child with learning Grapheme / Phoneme Correspondence (GPCs), blending confidently and accurately, and developing fluency in reading.

Reading books that are sent home contain GPCs, tricky words and high frequency words that children can confidently recall and blend.

Tracking systems are in place to ensure that children are remembering and applying the GPCs that have been taught during phonics lessons. Our tracking and assessment ensures that children are only moved onto the next book band when they are able to confidently blend and read the tricky words and GPCs within that banding.

AnimaPhonics

AnimaPhonics is a fully synthetic phonics programme which provides high quality resources that follow the sequence of ‘Letters and Sounds Updated’ and can be used at home as well as at school.  It follows clear and detailed planning with clear progression from ‘Early Worms’ in Preschool, through to Year 2.

Children are taught phonics in a memorable and magical way and each new sound is introduced through a song or poem with a memorable mnemonic action and animal mascot.  This is an important aspect to ensure all children begin their journey with a love for reading.