Phonics Information

At Stenson Fields Primary Community School we believe that for all our children to become fluent readers and writers, phonics must be taught through a systematic and structured phonics programme.

We use the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised to plan and provide daily engaging phonics lessons. In phonics, we teach children that the letters of the alphabet represent a different sound, that these can be used in a variety of combinations and are put together to make words. The children learn to recognise all of the different sounds and combinations that they might see when they are reading or writing. Our phonics teaching starts in Reception and follows a very specific sequence that allows our children to build on their previous phonic knowledge and master specific phonic strategies as they move through school. As a result, all our children are able to tackle any unfamiliar words that they might discover. We also model these strategies in shared reading and writing both inside and outside of the phonics lesson and across the curriculum.

Children will have a phonics reading book and a fluency reading book which will be changed weekly. They will also have a phonics homework sheet sent home each week where they can practice the sounds and words we have learnt.

If you are unsure about any of it, please come and speak to one of the Year One team. Consistency in the way we approach phonics at school and at home is the best way to help our children become confident and capable readers.

Here is a link you can use to find information and videos to help your children at home.

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/