1. Phonics for Parents
Foundation Stage

2. Letters & Sounds’ Principles and Practise of High Quality Phonics
Everything starts with reading....
‘Being able to read is the most important skills children will learn during their early schooling and has far reaching implications for lifelong confidence and well-being’

3. It iz tiem too gow hoam sed v kator pilla
It iz tiem too gow hoam sed v kator pilla. But iy doat wont 2 gow howm sed tth butt or flie. Iy wot to stayi heyr.

4. The Rose Review
The independent review of early reading, conducted by Jim Rose, confirmed that ‘high quality phonic work’ should be the prime means for teaching beginner readers to learn to read (and spell)
The review also highlighted the importance of developing from the earliest stages, children’s speaking and listening skills – ensuring that beginner readers are ready to get off to a good start in phonic work.

5. Although there are 26 letters in the English alphabet, there are more than 40 speech sounds.
Letters are taught in phases. Phase 1 is all about ‘listening’. Phase 2 begins teaching letter sounds (phonemes). Phase 3 begins introducing graphemes. Phase 4 and 5 consolidation of sounds learnt and applying into reading and writing.
Speech Sounds

6. Technical Terms Phoneme – The smallest unit of sound in a word.
Graphmeme and Digraph – two letters which make one sound:– What we write to represent a sound/ phoneme. For some phonemes this could be more than one letter:
Example – ai igh ch
Technical Terms

7. Blending and Segmenting
Blending is the joining up of individual sounds to make the whole word.
Example: s-i-t = sit
Segementing is the breaking down of sounds from the whole word.
Example: cot = c-o-t
Blending and Segmenting

8. Phonic Teaching Activities
Jolly Jingles -
Dough Disco – used to develop finger muscles for writing
Flashing Balls – used to help letter recognition

9. Literacy ELG
Reading
‘Children read and understand simple sentences. They use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately. They also read some common irregular words. They demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they have read.’
Writing
‘Children use their phonic knowledge to write words in ways which match their spoken sounds. They also write some irregular common words. They write simple sentences which can be read by themselves and others. Some words are spelt correctly and others are phonetically plausible.’

10. NSJ Expected Literacy Standards to be Year 1 ready ....
To be able to hold the pencil effectively.
To write and read their own name.
To form letters and numbers with the correct formation (shape & movement).
To read and spell words using their phonic knowledge (phase 2 and 3).

11. Continued… Read and spell high frequency words.
To be able to write simple sentences independently including capital letter, full stops and finger spaces.

12. Chatta Powerpoint
Chatta

13. Phonic Activities TABLE TOP ACTIVITIES :
Please explore a sample of the activities children will learn phonics through in foundation stage.
Includes letter formation; segmenting; blending; consolidation games and more ...

14. Any Questions? How you can help at home booklets.
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Thank you for attending the workshop this evening, your support is very much appreciated!