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Phonics Screening Check
information for parents 2019
SLIDE 2 This screening test was introduced by the DfE in 2012 as a means to as assess ess pu pupi pil l ab ability ity to de
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- Year 1 and any eligible Year 2 pupils
- Summer Term ; week beginning June 10th 2019
- Based on phases 2 – 5 of the DfE ‘Letter and Sounds’ guidance
- 40 words, real and nonsense words
- 1-1 with the teacher
- ‘met the expected standard’, ‘not met the expected standard’;
this will be shared with parents via the end of year report
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Real and nonsense words are used, to allow the children to demonstrate their decoding skills.
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Examples of words taken from the 2018 check:
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Children are encouraged to blend the sounds together to read the word. E.g.
sh – o – p shop m – i- d – n – igh – t midnight b - r – a – k – e brake qu – ee – t queet s – au- c – er saucer
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This screening check is designed to be informal, relaxed and fun. (“Quiz time!” ) It is designed specifically to check pupil progress in phonics and their ability to decode words. It is not a test of ‘reading’!
SLIDE 7 What can you do at home?
- Read, read, read! Keep reading with your child and talking with
them about what they are reading. Enjoy reading together!
- Look at decodable words and help your child use their phonics
skills to work them out.
- Help them to recognise alternative graphemes for different
phonemes i.e. the different ways we can spell a sound, when they are reading and writing.
- Keep calm and carry on. This is not something to worry about!
SLIDE 8 Further information can be found at…
- www.gov.uk/government/publications/phonics-screening-check-
materials
- www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/school-year/assessment-at-primary-
school/phonics-screening-check/ Ideas for games/online games…
- www.topmarks.co.uk/phonicsscreening
- www.phonicsplay.co.uk
- monsterphonics.com/games
- www.twinkl.co.uk
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Thank you! Have fun!
