Phonics and Reading workshop Supporting your child EYFS and Year 1

Sounds – write We focus on pure sounds not letter names. For example: e is sounded as ‘eh’ not ‘eee’ f is sounded as ‘ffff’ not ‘eff’ Once the children are happy using the sounds they can begin to build words within their reading and writing.

Phase 2 – 19 phonemes (6 weeks) Week 1 s a t p (reading) Week 2 i n m d Week 3 g o c k Week 4 ck e u r (reading and spelling) Week 5 h b f,ff l,ll ss (2 weeks) High frequency ‘tricky words’ the, to, no, go, I High frequency word is, in, it, at, and Reading single words and captions and made up words

Phase 3 Week 6 j v w x Week 7 y z,zz qu Week 8 ch sh th ng Week 9 ai ee o o oo (zoom/cook) Week 10 igh oa ar or Week 11 ur ow oi ear Week 12 air ure er

TRICKY WORDS

Phase 5 Learn and practise phonemes zh (treasure) ay, ou, ie, ea, oy, ir, ue, aw, wh, ph, ew, oe au, ey, a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e. Tricky words oh, their, people, Mr, Mrs, looked, called, asked.

Screening Test 40 words and non words The 40 words and non-words are divided into two sections – one with simple word structures of three or four letters, and one with more complex word structures of five or six letters Alien pictures and their names Pass Mark is 32/40

Reading with your child Research has shown that reading to a young child is the single most important thing you can do to help your child’s education.

Top Tips! Find the right level Encourage your child to choose books that they would like to read – picture books Read harder stories to them – get them involved Repeat, repeat, repeat

Make a regular time together Try making stories part of bedtime routine Turn the mobile/TV off Make up a story - tell them your favourite stories from your childhood

Take time to listen, listen, listen Take it in turns to read the story Tell them what you love about reading with them Give them your full attention

Strike a balance between perfection and connection Praise them for their efforts with words they find difficult – don’t jump in and tell them a word straight away Make a mental note of words/sounds they find tricky and practise these at the beginning of a session

Talk about what you’ve read They can ask you questions Discuss likes and dislikes of characters/ story lines together Any surprises in the book? What might happen next?

Enjoy reading everything and everywhere! Traffic signs, advert, headlines Take a magazine on the bus Online

Think outside the book! Join the library – reading challenge Make a simple books together Act out some stories with toys

Helpful Websites http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books/children/booklists/241/ http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/welcome-back/for-home/reading-owl/top-tips--3/julia-donaldsons-top-tips http://www.michaelrosen.co.uk/poems.html

How can you help at home? Planning an outing Every outing you plan needs your math skill. Whether you go to the beach or the zoo is irrelevant. You will plan your way there and you will use your time wisely, math is your guide that will assist you and help you. When driving you need fuel, oil and water, without it your car will break down. All of these require math.

How can you help at home? Banking Can you imagine going to the bank and not having any idea what you need to do or how to manage your finances. This will cause a huge disaster in your life, and you will be bankrupt within hours!

Websites http://nrich.maths.org/primary-upper http://darlinghurst.southend.dbprimary.com/service/util/cp http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/numeracy.shtml http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/index.html http://www.coolmath4kids.com/ http://www.methodmaths.com/ (year 6 homeworks – SATs revision)

Just take a look around, maths is everywhere!

What other support can we offer? Any questions What other support can we offer?