1. Phonics at Alexandra Park Primary
Miss Cresswell
Mr Jowett
Aims –
To give you a better insight into how children acquire the ability to read through phonics.
To explain how we 'teach' phonics in school.
To link this to what you can do at home.
Welcome - Sarah

2. Can you read this?
Γεια σας το όνομά μου είναι Μις Cresswell. Σας ευχαριστώ που ήρθατε στο εργαστήρι φωνολογία μας.
Sarah

3. The text was Greek and said:
Hello my name is Miss Cresswell. Thank you for coming to our Phonics workshop.
How did you feel reading the first text?
Sarah
Links to how children feel when they cannot read – strategies needed

4. eg. 9 different ways to write ‘or’ !!!
Spanish
24 speech sounds
26 letters to make up those sounds
29 graphemes
English
44 speech sounds
26 letters to make up those sounds
100+ graphemes
eg. 9 different ways to write ‘or’ !!!
Laurence

5. What is Phonics? Laurence
Phonics is the link between letters and the sounds that they make.
Phonics is recommended as the first strategy that children should be taught in helping them learn to read.
Words are made up from small units of sound called phonemes. Phonics teaches children to be able to listen carefully and identify the phonemes that make up each word. This helps children to learn to read words and to spell words
Phonics is the teaching of the 44 sounds that the 26 letters of the alphabet make.
Phonics IS NOT new. However, research in recent years has again highlighted its importance in the process of learning to read. 
It runs alongside other teaching methods such as Guided Reading and Shared Reading to help children develop all the other vital reading skills and hopefully give them a real love of reading.
Laurence

6. Phonics at Alexandra Park
We use the ‘Read, Write, Inc.’ Phonics Scheme, produced by Ruth Miskin and Oxford University Press.
Through this we are able to deliver a multi-sensory phonics, reading and writing programme of learning.
Each sound has a rhyme which helps with formation and learning the sound. For example ‘a’ is round the apple and down the leaf and ‘oy’ is toy for a boy.
Sarah

7. Video
Sarah

8. Technical terms… Laurence Phoneme
The 44 different sounds that can be spoken aloud.
Graphemes
The written form of the 44 different sounds. Some sounds can be written in up to 5 different ways. 
Segmenting
Children are able to say a word and then break it up into the phonemes that make it up. This skill is vital in being able to spell words. This is the opposite of blending.
Blending
This is when children say the sounds that make up a word and are able to merge the sounds together until they can hear what the word is. This skill is vital in learning to read.
Laurence

9. Video
pronunciation-guide/
Laurence

10. Progression in Phonics
Every child is taught the Set 1 sounds from the RWI scheme. (These link to Phase 2/3 Letters and Sounds) m a s d t i n p g o c k u b f e l h sh r j v y w th z ch q x ng nk
By learning the sounds in this order the children can read simple words and enjoy first reading books. 
When children are confident with Set 1 sounds they learn Set 2 sounds: (These link to Phase 3/4 Letters and Sounds) ay ee igh ow oo oo ar or air ir ou oy.
We assess the children each half term.
As well as learning to blend words there are some ‘tricky’ words the children will need to learn through sight recognition.
Sarah

11. Continuing with Phonics
When confident in the use of Set 2 sounds, your child will be introduced to the different ways of writing each sound. This is called Set 3 sounds. (These link to Phase 4/5 Letters and Sounds) a-e ea i-e o-e u-e aw are ur er ow ai oa ew ire ear ure.
This stage of phonics teaching will happen for most children during Year 1. 
Laurence

12. Video
Sarah

13. Reception
The starting point for reading is being able to tell a story from pictures. This skill is incredibly important and we are very keen to ensure it is not missed out as it is vital in developing a child’s imagination and vocabulary. Ask your child: What do you see happening? Why do you think this is happening? What do you think might happen next?
As their reading progresses and their confidence grows, the children are able to use the following strategies to decipher the words on the page in order to ‘read.’
Using phonic knowledge to blend sounds and decode words. Read tricky words that cannot be sounded out.
It is our aim that every child develops a passion for reading. Whether this be by reading themselves or by being read to. Reading should be FUN! 
Sarah

14. KS1
Daily phonics lessons - letter sounds rather than letters names.
Children continue to learn and use terminology such as phoneme, digraph etc. (e.g. ee as in queen is one sound)
When reading, children are encouraged to point at each letter as they sound it out and then run their finger underneath the word when blending it together. Children are taught words which are phonetically decodable (e.g. cat, queen, stay). They are also taught that some words cannot be ‘sounded out.’ These are often referred to as the ‘tricky words’ (e.g. said, she, the).
When the children are secure with all the sounds the focus shifts to making the correct spelling choice for the same sound e.g. which ‘ay’ ‘a-e’ ‘ai’ to use for the word ‘blame’.
Spelling rules are introduced towards the end of Year One and throughout Year Two.
Laurence

15. Video
Laurence

16. Phonics Screening Check
The phonics screening check is designed to confirm whether pupils have learnt phonic decoding to an appropriate standard. It will identify pupils who need extra help to improve their decoding skills.
All children in Year 1 must complete the check.
The check consists of 20 real words and 20 pseudo-words that a pupil reads aloud to the teacher.
More information will be sent home to parents nearer the time.
June 2018
Laurence

17. Phonics Screening Check
Laurence

18. Useful Resources Visit to the Library Questions
- they love it!
Apps - pocket phonics, big cats, Twinkl
Reception – Education City
Sound books
Visit to the Library
Questions
Sarah