Phonics
Phonics
Phonics is a way to teach children how to read and write. Your child will participate in a 30 minute Phonics session every day to learn the skills of early reading and writing. We learn 4 sounds every week. At Victoria Primary School we use Little Wandle Letters and Sounds. You can find materials to help you support your child on the website: https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/
Please click on the 'Related Downloads' section on the right for some useful sound sheets ----->
"Sound talking" and "Sweep": This strategy teaches your child to read individual graphemes and sweep the sounds together. For example, "b-oa-t boat"
"Segment": This strategy teaches your child to say the sounds they can hear in words. For example, when writing 'boat' your child will say "b" as the first sound.
Spring:
In phonics this term, we will be consolidating the phase 2 learning we did before christmas. We will be ensuring that children have full coverage of the phase 2 sounds before we move onto the next phase. Children should be practicing recognising and saying these sounds at home. There are lots of games yoy can play to help children practice their blending (reading) and their segmenting (writing).
Here are some website links to support phonics learning at home:
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/3-5-years/letters-and-sounds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z7tr96f
Autumn:
In the autumn term we will begin introducing children to new phonemes and graphemes that will help them to begin to read and write simple words.
Below are the sounds that your child will be learning, please take time to go through these with your child and practice them at home. On the website, there are videos showing how each of the different sounds are pronounced. It is important that children are practicing pure sounds to support their reading.
Please come and chat with Mrs Moore or Miss Musson if you have any questions about phonics.