1. Woodlawn Primary School Phonics workshop
An Introduction to Synthetic Phonics
“Building the Skills to Read and Write with Confidence”

2. Spelling test! How does thais make you feel?
Phonics can help your child be confident at spelling and give it a go!
Say word Norfoo
Ask parents to think pair share and spell it
Bit of discussion - do we all agree?
Is there only 1 way?

3. What is Synthetic Phonics?
Teaching the code for reading and writing
Giving the tools to become independent readers and writers.

4. The sounds

7. 1. Learning the Letter Sounds
Explain - How many sounds learned per week in P1
When it starts
What happens differently second time round
What happens in Y2

8. How to say the sounds correctly…
s – so
a – at
t – to
i – in
p – pig
n – no
c/k – key
e – egg
h – hop
r – red
m – my
d – day
g – go
o – on
u – up
l – lip
f – fan
b – bee
ai– day
j – jug
oa – oat
ie – tie
ee – tee
or – or
z – zoo
w – we
ng – rang
v – van
oo – boot
y – you
x – fox
ch – chair
sh – shoe
th – thumb
th – this
qu – quack
ou – ouch
oi – oil
ue – queue
er – mixer
ar – car
How to say the sounds correctly…
Lets all say the sounds together.
Say them carefully – sss not suh!
Any you didn’t know?

9. Digraphs (two letters making one sound)

10. The skills Knowing the sounds is only the start
Children must use the sounds to read and write

11. 5 Basic Skills 2. Blending/decoding 3. Identifying sounds in words
1. Learning the letter sounds
2. Blending/decoding
3. Identifying sounds in words
4. Tricky words
5. Letter formation

12. Reading skills 2. Blending/decoding 3. Identifying sounds in words
1. Learning the letter sounds
2. Blending/decoding
3. Identifying sounds in words
4. Tricky words
5. Letter formation

13. Writing skills 2. Blending/decoding 3. Identifying sounds in words
1. Learning the letter sounds
2. Blending/decoding
3. Identifying sounds in words
4. Tricky words
5. Letter formation

14. Identifying sound in words
Say the word
Streeetch it out to hear the sounds
Count the sounds using
fingers
Record the sounds

15. Words that do not follow the rules-
Tricky Words
Words that do not follow the rules-
the as
was

16. Samples of our classwork
A key sound / beginning and end sounds

17. Questions
Literacy Team

18. Woodlawn Open Night…