1. The Berkeley Primary School Understanding the Importance of Phonics 27.9.13

2. Only one child in four has a book at home

3. National Picture KS1 Reading at secure L2 not improving sufficiently National debate about the most effective method to teach phonics Teaching of phonics in FS and KS1 haphazard Teaching of early reading skills limited

4. National focus on Literacy Year 1 Phonics Check – introduced in 2012. Daily phonics session 20 minutes 4 part session Engages all children

5. Daily Session Review Teach Practise Apply

6. Phonics Terminology

7. Phoneme Count Cat Play Great Plank Strift Pencil Activity Boy

8. enunciation

10. Tuning into Sounds Outdoor sounds Distinguishing sounds eg. tap, hoover, washing machine etc. Nursery rhymes Predicting sounds from familiar stories Distinguishing different musical instruments

11. Early Stage 1.Can join in stories 2.Can hear the difference between a drum and a triangle 3.Can hear and say what the outside sounds are 4.Can rhyme 5.Retell most of a story – because they love it!

12. Phase Two Children are starting to recognise letters. Will get into their first reading books This Phase will last for about 6-8 weeks

13. Phase 3 Children find out more about how words are made eg. ch, sh, th etc. More about common words – high frequency words Know letter names, vowels and consonants

14. Phase 4 Children progress to longer words Taught that a two letter sound can give a different sound eg. slow and cow

15. Phase 5 Introduces alternative graphemes for spelling Introduces alternative pronunciations for reading Developing automaticity Throughout Year 1

16. Phase Six Automaticity for Spelling and Reading

17. We make it fun at The Berkeley Primary School! Lets play with phonics!

18. t Typical Activities Beat the Detective pirates ‘ahoy’ I can do it! All the ‘ai’s Cowboy Phonics Damp Suib

19. Lets have fun and work together!