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Phonics and spelling sessions are integral to our curriculum and are taught daily in the Foundation Stage, Year 1, and Year 2. We use the RWI-Read Write Inc Program to guide these sessions.

Structure of Phonics Sessions

During these sessions, children engage in a variety of activities designed to help them recognize and articulate phonemes (sounds) and learn to write graphemes (letters or combinations of letters). Our approach combines highly structured, adult-led phonics sessions with creative games and activities to ensure an engaging and effective learning experience.

Key Components

  • Recognising and Articulating Phonemes: Children learn to identify and pronounce individual sounds in words.
  • Learning and Writing Graphemes: Children are taught to write the letters or combinations of letters that represent each sound.
  • Structured Sessions: Phonics instruction is delivered in a systematic manner, ensuring that each child builds a strong foundation in reading and spelling.
  • Creative Games and Activities: These are incorporated to make learning fun and to reinforce the concepts taught in structured sessions.

Importance of Phonics

The skills acquired in phonics sessions are essential tools for children. They help children decode words for reading and encode words for spelling. This foundation is crucial for developing literacy skills that will support their ongoing education.

Inclusive and Targeted Instruction

Phonics is taught as a whole class to ensure that all children are exposed to the appropriate level of phonics instruction for their age group. Additionally, booster sessions and targeted interventions are used to support and challenge individual students as needed. This approach ensures that all children, regardless of their starting point, can make progress in their phonics learning.

Our Phonics Subject Leader is Mrs Entwistle.