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'