Phonics at St Peter’s

What is phonics?• Phonics is all about using skills for

reading and spelling.

• Learning phonics will help your child to become better at reading and writing.

The Rose ReviewJim Rose “ high quality phonic work should be the prime means for teaching beginner reads to read and spell”.

So… why phonics? • At St Peter’s we use the letters and

sounds planning document to support the teaching of phonics.

• Jolly phonics resources

How is it taught at St Peter’s?

• Every child in EYFS and KS1 is taught phonics each day for 25/30 minutes.

• Fast paced• Based on repetition• Games, rhymes and songs.

Phases• Phase 1- tuning into sounds• Phase 2- learning phonemes to read and

write simple words• Phase 3- learning the long vowel phonemes

and digraphs• Phase 4- consonant clusters and spelling

words• Phase 5- alternative digraphs for reading• Phase 6- spellings and learning rules of

spelling.

Jolly Phonics• https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=yjKq8s8154s

Terminology• Phonemes: the smallest unit of sound that

are found in a word. • Grapheme: the spelling of the word ‘th’• Digraph: two letters that make one sound.• Trigraph: three letters that make one sound• CVC: consonant, vowel consonant, words. • Segmenting: breaking the word up into its

sounds.• Blending: putting words together to read a

word.• Tricky words: words that cannot be decoded.

Phonemes The smallest unit of sound that are

found in a word.

Digraph• Two letters that make one sound

Th ai ch ph ng oi ee

TrigraphThree letters that make one sound

igh ear air

Tricky wordsWords that cannot be decoded.

How to help at home• The robot game (oral blending)• What’s in the box?• Tricky word tins• I spy digraph/tri-graph books• Which digraph charts?• Read with your child every night• Practise spellings- rainbow writing, look,

write, cover and spell, spelling pyramids, clap the beat

Websites and AppsBuried treasurehttp://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.htmlObb and Bobhttp://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.htmlDragons Denhttp://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/DragonsDen.html