1. Literacy and Phonics Parents/Carers Workshop

2. Literacy? English? New Curriculum for Year 1 – 6 from September 2014. Spoken Language Reading WORD READING AND COMPREHENSION Writing – Transcription, Spelling, Handwriting, Composition EYFS– Communication and Language Physical Development, Literacy

3. Reading Reading for enjoyment Reading for information Reading for understanding

4. How are children taught to read? PHONICS “Phonics refers to a method for teaching speakers of English to read and write their language. It involves connecting the sounds of spoken English with letters or groups of letters.” Literacy Trust

5. Phonics at Severnbanks Taught daily and systematically Use Letters and Sounds programme Taught from Term 1 in Reception Phases 1-6 that all children progress through Phonics teaches sounds as well as spelling patterns and tricky words Foundation for reading and writing Part of the rest of the curriculum

6. Phase 1 ‘Tuning in’ to sounds Listening for sounds Sounds in the environment around us Sounds in our names and important words Joining in rhymes and songs

7. Phase 2 Children learn initial sounds all taught with an action and a story behind them Children are introduced to 6 tricky words

8. Phase 3 Children begin to learn: digraphs – 2 letters that make 1 sound trigraphs – 3 letters that make 1 sound More tricky words are taught

9. Phase 4 Children consolidate all the sounds learnt in phases 2 and 3 – SPEED BLENDING Blends are taught – fl, gr, st, str, tch More tricky words are taught

10. Phase 5 Children learn new ways of making the same sounds – sounds families More tricky words are taught

11. Phase 6 Spelling patterns and rules Suffix and prefix – starts and ends of words fearful unhappy Links in with our SPaG sessions – understanding of spelling, punctuation and grammar. Context for writing - application

12. Top Tips! m muh wif wiv with

13. ABC abc C-A-T c-a-t The sound is___ the name is _____

14. Segmenting Breaking the letters in a word up into sounds Sounding out Helps you to spell especially

15. Blending Push the sounds back together SMOOTHLY so you have read the word Sounds need to be blended smoothly and clearly so words are read correctly with sounds in order s-i-t sit not it!

16. Tricky words CANNOT be sounded out Breaks the rules of phonics! the is not th-e Said is not s-ai-d but is sed Taught through mnemonics – Big Elephants Can’t Add Up Sums Easily

17. Comprehension and Understanding Ask questions about the book and pictures What happened to….? Why did the …… ? How can you tell it is winter? Where in the book is the word that tells me the boy is sad? Can you find me a capital letter? Where is there an e sound? Why is there a full stop there?

18. What can you do to help? Read little and often – do not need to read the whole book! Make reading fun – take turns Don’t make it a battle Encourage children to talk about their books Encourage children to write and make marks copying letters from books PHONETICALLY PLAUSIBLE – using phonics to write

19. Thank you for listening!