Phonics

Phonics

At Bucklesham Primary School we believe that children should be able to use a wide range of phonetic skills so they can appreciate a wide range of literature and communicate their feelings and thoughts effectively.

Children should be able to:

• Blend and segment sounds easily

• Learn that segmenting words into their constituent phonemes for spelling is the reverse of blending phonemes into words for reading

• Spell words accurately by combining the use of grapheme-phoneme correspondence knowledge as the prime approach, and also morphological knowledge and etymological information

• Use a range of approaches to learn and spell irregular words.

   

  Entitlement

  Pupils have access to a range of phonics opportunities that include at FS and KS1:

• Whole class teaching of specific spelling patterns

• Daily discrete phonics teaching

• Using phonics knowledge in real life contexts

• Applying skills in cross curricular contexts

  Pupils have access to a range of phonics opportunities that include at KS2:

• Whole class teaching of specific spelling conventions and rules

• Discrete phonics teaching as part of an intervention group where gaps in phonological knowledge have been identified

• Using phonological knowledge in real life contexts

• Applying skills in cross curricular contexts

The school uses the Floppy Phonics scheme as a basis for Phonic teaching and also uses a variety of resources from many different areas to facilitate and enhance learning. More information in 'information for parents'