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Children have 30 minutes daily phonics lessons.
Children are taught to read by breaking down
words into separate soundssounds or ‘phonemes’. They
are then taught how to blendblend these sounds
together to read the whole word.
There are around 40 different sounds.
Research shows that when phonics is taught in a structured way, starting with the easiest sounds and progressing through to more complex sounds, is the most effective way of teaching children to read. It is particularly helpful for children aged 5-7. Almost all children who receive good teaching of phonics will learn the skills they need to tackle new words. They can then go onto read any kind of text fluently and confidently and to read for enjoyment.
Every Year 1 child in the country will be taking a
statutory phonics screening check in the same
week.
The check is very similar to tasks
the children already complete
during phonics lessons.
The focus of the check is to provide evidence of
children’s decoding and blending skills, not to
test their vocabulary or comprehension skills.
It is estimated that each check will take 4 to 9
minutes to complete.
They will be asked to ‘sound out’ a word and blend
the sounds together. e.g. d-o-g – dog
The check will consist of 40 words and non-words.
Children will be told if the word is a real or ‘alien’
word, with a corresponding alien image.
Teachers will conduct all of the
screening checks with the children.
The children will complete the check one to
one in a quiet area of the school.
We are not permitted to indicate to the
children at the time whether they have correctly
sounded out and / or blended the word.
Year 1 children will be scored against a national
standard score, for example 32/40. This
has not yet been determined by the DfE.
We will inform you of whether they fall below or
within this standard.
If your child’s score falls below the national
standard we will provide them with extra help and
they can re-take the Phonics Screening Check in
Year 2.
The screening check will take place
throughout the week beginning
Monday 15Monday 15thth June June.
It has been designed so that children of
all abilities will be able to take part.
The assessment will be age appropriate and the adults involved will all be familiar. The children at Copenhagen Primary School are familiar with
the set up as we are constantly reviewing children’s progress in the same way. It should be an enjoyable activity for children which takes no
more than 10 minutes. There will be a few practise words at the beginning to make sure
your child understands the activity.
We have been teaching the children all of the skills
they need to complete the Phonics Screen, since
Reception.
Children can practise their phonics by playing games
online. The children particularly like -
* Buried Treasure
* Poopdeck Pirates
* Picnic on Pluto
REMEMBERREMEMBER: A good phonic understanding will
help your child to decode but…
Phonics is not the only way you become a good reader. Continue
to read with your child each night and encourage them to:
• Sound out, re-read to check it makes sense, and
use pictures for clues.
• Ask questions about the book;
• And most importantly ENJOY READINGENJOY READING!