Phonics
Phonics
At St Paschal Baylon, we strive to provide the highest quality care and education for all our children. We aim that all children become confident, fluent readers by the end of Key Stage One. We also aim to promote a love of reading, so children become lifelong readers. We believe that children should get the best teaching possible, as quality teaching is a prerequisite to successful reading. Therefore, we are faithful in our approach and ensure that all staff are fully trained. At St Paschal Baylon we use the Read Write Inc (RWI) programme to get children learning to read as soon as possible. Read Write Inc is a complete systematic phonic programme. By using this programme, children will learn to read effortlessly so their energy can be put into comprehending what they read.
We follow the five core principles for teaching Read Write Inc. These are…
· Purpose– know the purpose of every activity and share it with the children
· Passion– We are passionate about teaching phonics
· Pace– Every moment is taken by teaching and learning
· Participation– Every child participates in the lesson through partner practice.
· Praise– We praise effort and progress, not ability!
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Phonics at SPB
Progression in Phonics at SPB
What is Read Write Inc Video:
How to say the sounds video:
Reading Books
Once children can blend they begin to take home reading books. These books are closely matched to their phonic knowledge and the phonic group that they have been assessed in. Phonic videos from the virtual classroom are also sent home weekly for the children to watch and consolidate learning that has taken place in school. Please check either Tapestry or Google Classroom for your child’s targeted videos.
- Group A/B– Learning to blend: These children will have phonic sounds cards and weekly videos matched to the sounds they have been taught
- Group C– Orally blending: These children will have RWI blending books and weekly phonic ‘Fred Talk’ phonic videos
- Ditty Group– Blending Independently: These children will take home the daily ditty that they have read in class and will have videos linked to the word time they are up to.
- Red- Grey Group. These children will take home the reading book they have read in their phonic session, this is usually a three-day or five-day rolling programme. They will also have a book bag book which is closely linked to the other book.
Listening to your child read video :
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