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Phonics

Please see Attached our Phonics Policy

Our Intent:

At All Saints’ C of E Primary School we are committed to the delivery of excellence in the teaching of Phonics. We aim to develop each child so that they are able to read with fluency as well as develop a love of reading a crucial life skill. The use of phonics is one of the many skills needed to be able to be a reader and writer. We aim to teach high quality phonics to ensure the children have the best start possible in reading and writing. The learning of phonics is the beginning of children’s body of knowledge, skills and understanding that are an essential part of learning to read. In order to read and understand texts children must learn to recognise/decode the words on the page. Good quality phonics teaching allows the child to be secure in the skills of word recognition and decoding which allows children to read fluently. This will result in children being able to read for pleasure and will allow them to move onto developing higher order reading for meaning skills. These phonic skills will be taught systematically and involve a variety of multi-sensory resources for all learners following the ‘Floppy’s Phonics’ programme.

Floppy's Phonics Teaching Programme - Discover the Resources

Floppy's Phonics Teaching Programme is a step by step and rigorous DfE validated phonics programme that engages children from Reception/P1 to Year 1/P2 from the outset and enables them to learn to read quickly. View the Interactive Teaching Sequence to see how this works in your Classroom Teaching: http://www.oxfordprimary.co.uk/floppysphonicstp

Articulation of Phonemes

A useful video clip showing the correct 'pure' pronunciation of phonemes (units of sound).

Phonics: How to pronounce pure sounds | Oxford Owl

Learn how to pronounce all 44 phonics sounds, or phonemes, used in the English language with these helpful examples from Suzy Ditchburn and her daughter.

Find more phonics help on Oxford Owl: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/reading/phonics-made-easy/

Help your child learn to read with books and flashcards from Read with Oxford: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/read-with-oxford/ What is Oxford Owl?

Oxford Reading Tree Characters. It helps to get to know the characters as the children will come across them as they progress through Floppy's phonics and their subsequent reading. We use the document below in the classroom.

  • Oxford Owl Reading Your class teacher can give you a username and password for free access to the attached site. It includes a library of e-books and a link to Floppy's Phonics resources used in the classroom for extra practice.