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Phonics leaders: Miss E Hayes
At Eaton Park Academy, we value that reading is a key life skill, which unlocks the wider curriculum, and therefore we are committed to help our pupils develop a lifelong enjoyment of reading. We prioritise early reading and are determined that every pupil will develop the essential skills to read well, make great progress and achieve success.
We are determined that every child will be a successful, fluent reader and writer. We help make this achievable through a combination of high quality, discrete phonics teaching, combined with regular, daily opportunities for developing and applying reading skills. We use a method of teaching called ‘synthetic, systematic phonics’ to teach pupils to read and spell.
To teach phonics, we use the DFE approved Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised phonics teaching programme. We use this scheme to provide daily engaging phonics lessons. The academy has clear expectations of pupils’ phonics term by term, from nursery to Year 2 (see progression map below).
In phonics, we teach children that the letters of the alphabet represent a different sound (phonemes) that 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 Nursery 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, our children are able to tackle any unfamiliar words that they might discover. At Eaton Park, we also model these strategies in shared reading and writing, both inside and outside of the phonics lesson and across the curriculum. We have a strong focus on the development of language skills for our children because we know that speaking and listening are crucial skills for reading and writing in all subjects.
How we teach phonics:
Reading practice sessions:
Books match sounds:
How do we assess phonic knowledge?
Catch up quickly:
Early reading experts:
Eaton Park Academy have developed sufficient expertise in the teaching of phonics and reading. Every member of staff is fully trained in our academy’s phonics programme.
Staff are experts in teaching systematic, synthetic phonics and have a clear understanding of how pupils learn to read. They ensure that children are given quality lessons and daily opportunities to practise phonics and reading through whole class shared reading, paired reading and guided reading with an adult. There are also regular opportunities for children to read on an individual basis. Teachers, teaching assistants and all teachers who are new to the school are given CPD to ensure staff are well trained and knowledgeable. Leaders work closely with all staff to ensure that they continually develop their practise.
If you are a parent and would like more information about how to support your child with phonics at home, please follow this link to find the Reception and Year 1 overview as well as videos of the sound pronunciations, letter formation sheets and other helpful resources.
https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/
https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/
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