Phonics

Early reading is the cultivation of proving a solid foundation and provision to enable children greater success in literacy. Through high quality teaching and learning, a literary-rich environment and a positive culture of reading, children have regular opportunities to develop and apply their reading skills. The use of the DfE approved Read, Write Inc. programme in the Early Years and KS1, our phonics provision, is a systematic approach to the teaching of reading based on synthetic phonics. Daily Read, Write Inc. sessions develop children’s ability to decode by using phonemic awareness and phonic skills enabling children to meet or exceed their Early Learning Goals (ELG) in Reception and the expectations of reading outlined in the National Curriculum as they move through KS1. Alongside the teaching of phonics, children in KS1 have class reading sessions to develop early skills of fluency and comprehension. In KS2, the phonics based approach already embedded in the early years continues and a whole class reading approach is used, where the learning is focussed on developing fluency, vocabulary and the elements of comprehension.