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Year ar 1 Phonics

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Laura Cooke – Phonics Lead Laura McPherson (1LM) Amanda Matheson (1AM) Jack Mellett (1JM)

Aims ms:

• To understand how phonics and reading are

taught at Bessemer

• Explain the Year 1 Phonics Check
• Share ideas and resources which you can use to

support your child at home

Why hy is p s pho honi nics cs imp mpor

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• Phonics is about the relationship between sounds and their

spelling.

• The goal of phonics is to teach students the most common

sound-spelling relationships so that they can decode, or sound out, words.

• It’s a key way to support the children in learning to read.

How

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• Phases
• Phonic Terms and Strategies

Pha hase ses

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• Phoneme (sound)
• Grapheme (letter formation) e.g. sh
• Blending (putting sounds together to

make words)

• Segmenting (breaking word into sounds)
• Sound bars and buttons

Str trat ateg egies ies

We use robot t arms for segmen entin ting g and blendi ding ng. We also

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The sound was very loud.

Rea eadi ding ng

• Children will read with their teacher once/twice a week
• Children will change books once a week at least (they

have the option to take home a book from the Book Corner too, if they wish!)

• Home reading for 15 minutes a night (any home reading

is fantastic!)

Reading ng rewards rds in school

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5 reads- stamp/sticker 15 reads- book mark 25 reads- wrist band 30 reads- certificate

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• It was created by the Department of Education to test

children’s phonic knowledge with a mixture of real and alien words.

• To identify if any further support is needed.
• Takes place in June.
• There are 40 words for the child to read.
• It usually takes around 5-10 minutes and will be done

with the class teacher.

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• The pass mark is

usually 32 out of 40.

• The children will

have lots of

• pportunities to

practise for the screening check.

• All of these

resources (past papers) can be accessed online

Wha hat c t can an you you do do at at ho home me to h to hel elp? p?

• Sing the alphabet song.
• Play ‘I spy’ using sounds as well as letter names, e.g. ‘I spy something beginning with

sh’.

• Create a sound box. Ask your child to find things around the house containing a

certain sound.

• Matching Rhymes- Give your child a word and ask them to write down rhyming words

containing the same sounds.

• Salt dough- Get your child to make words or sounds out of salt dough.
• Play Buried Treasure.
• Continue reading at home with your child.

Use sefu ful web ebsi site tes. s.

• https://readingeggs.co.uk/- logins given out by class

teacher. Please ask if you need another one.

• https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm
• https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/literacy.html
• YouTube- Geraldine the Giraffe

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