Parents information session November 2018

Sounds-Write Every sound is read & spelled using code consisting of 1, 2, 3 or 4 letters e.g. dog, street, night, dough Children learn the sounds, and the different combinations of letters that make the sounds- one sound, different spellings- and then combine these sounds to build words. Pupils also learn ‘one spelling, different sounds’ Consistent set of rules for all words.

Key skills Through Sounds-Write, pupils learn three key skills for successful reading and spelling: blending (pushing sounds together to build words), segmenting (pull apart the individual sounds in words) phoneme manipulation (the ability to insert sounds into words or take sounds out of words- used when sounds have more than one spelling.)

Initial code Single letter sounds Simple two letter sounds: e.g. ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘th’ Double consonants ‘ff’, ‘ss’, ‘ll’, ‘zz’ Starts with CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words e.g. ‘mat’ Develops to 5 letter words such as ‘quick’ New sounds are taught in the context of whole words.

Extended code One sound can be spelled in many different ways, 49 units, each approximately two weeks of learning. Year 1 covers all the sounds required for the statutory national ‘Phonics Screening check’. Year 2 covers further spellings of sounds already encountered & consolidates learning through practise.

Polysyllabic words Developed during extended code. Pupils learn how to use skills to support spelling of any word.

Phonics at Netheravon Phonics is learned daily in EYFS & KS1. A ‘Sounds-Write’ lesson lasts 30-40 minutes in one or several sections. In Year 2, we are delivering a total of eight sessions a week (5 daily sessions and 3 extra sessions) for those pupils who did not pass the phonics screening check in year one.

Further support for parents Online tutorial videos for parents. The whole course takes about 90 minutes, split into a series of videos of around 5 minutes each. https://www.udemy.com/help-your-child-to-read-and- write/