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Phonics Screening Check Meeting

Stanville Primary School

6th February 2019

Phonics Testing for Y1– Why? The government thinks testing is a positive thing that informs everyone about how well children and schools are doing… …of course not everyone agrees with this opinion!

• All children will be given 40 words to read
• Some of the words are real and some of the words

are fake (alien words)

• The children know if it is a fake word as there is a

picture of an alien next to it

• All of the words are made up of sounds they have

been taught in class

• Since the testing started the pass mark has been

32, but it could change anytime

Phonics Screening for Year 1

Phonics – benefits!

• Using phonics is one way that children learn to read
• It provides children with a strategy to use when they

have never seen a word before. Phonics– but…

• There are other ways in which children can learn to read,

but these are not tested.

• Also being able to read a word on its own is not the same

as being able to read a word in a sentence and give meaning to it.

Phonics – When and how long?

• The phonics Screening will take place the week

beginning Monday 10th June

• Each child will be tested on their own
• The same teacher will test all of the children in the

year group

• The screening lasts no longer than 15 minutes

Phonics Screening – What is the test like?

What your child is currently doing at school to prepare

Phonics Screening preparation

• All of the children in year 1 have a daily phonics session for 30

minutes

• Children are encouraged to use phonics during their daily English

lessons when reading and writing

• Past screening checks are used to check children’s phonics

progress and make sure that they are used to the screening format

• Children are targeted depending on their phonics screening

score and given small group or 1:1 phonics interventions

Here are some useful websites that you can use at home:

What your child could do at home in addition

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/ http://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/ http://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7- years/letters-and-sounds http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html The school also have subscriptions to the following websites- please see your child’s class teacher for the login details. www.phonicsplay.co.uk www.literacyplanet.co.uk Espresso- can be accessed via the school website.