1. Introduction to Phonics

2. Words are made up of small units of sound called phonemes.
Phonics teaches the children to listen carefully and recognise the sounds which make up a word.
Phonics for reading- blending
Phonics for writing- segmenting

3. Heathlands follow the schemes Letters and Sounds and jolly phonics.
The teachers adapt these schemes to suit our children.

4. Phases There are 6 phases that we teach across EYFS & KS1
See phonics play
There are 6 phases that we teach across EYFS & KS1
Phase 1- taught in preschool and revised at start of EYFS- listening
Phase 2- EYFS- introduction of sounds in specific order
Phase 3- EYFS/KS1- introduction to digraphs/ trigraphs
Phase 4- EYFS/KS1- CVCC CCVC (4 letter words) & consolidation
Phase 5- KS1- alternative digraphs, trigraphs and split digraphs
Phase 6- KS1- spelling

5. Tricky Words
See phonics play
Alongside learning the sounds in each phase there are tricky words (sight words).
The tricky words can not be sounded out in reading/ writing.

6. Phase 2
By the end of the phase, children should be able to read some vowel consonant (VC) and consonant-vowel consonant (CVC) words and spell them out. They will also learn some highly used tricky words, which don’t follow the rules, like ‘the’ and ‘go’.
Share sounds, songs and actions

7. Phase 3
By the end of the phase, children should be able to say the sound made by most Phase 2 and 3 graphemes(letter/s which make sounds), blend and read CVC words made from these graphemes, read more tricky words, and write letters correctly when given an example to copy.
Share sounds, songs and actions

8. Phase 4
Children should be blending confidently by this point so able to decode new words. They should also be starting to read words straight away instead of sounding them out. There are new phase 4 tricky words but no new sounds as the phase focuses on consolidation.

9. Phase 5
At the end of this phase children will have learnt new graphemes to help them understand that the same sound can be represented in more than one way, i.e., ‘term’, ‘bird’ and ‘turn’, as well as alternative pronunciations for graphemes, as in ‘low’ and ‘cow’. They also will have been taught split digraphs, such as a-e in ‘cake’.
Share sounds, songs and actions.

10. Phase 6
By the end of Phase 6, children will have been taught to recognise phonic irregularities and become more secure with less common spellings. They will also learn how to apply their phonics skills and knowledge to read and spell an increasing number of complex words.

11. Typical Phonics Lesson
We teach phonics every day for approx. 30 minutes.
Children move into groups for phonics so that the session meets their need.

13. How to help your child at home…

14. How to help your child at home…
When learning letter sounds please practise writing them too
Please encourage correct formation of letters
Keep learning as fun as possible! Writing at this early stage doesn’t have to be with a pencil at a table, try chalks outside, painting letter shapes with paint or water or forming letter shapes in a tray of salt