Phonics

Provision

Provision varies slightly between year groups and phases, depending on the age range and needs of specific children. Children will follow aspects of the Read Write Inc programme which meet their early reading needs. Aspects of an inference approach to reading are also included within the RWI sessions, e.g.  clarification of words, visualising words and building up a picture of the text together.   

EYFS:

IIn the EYFS children receive a daily RWInc (Read, Write Inc) session of up to 40 minutes. In addition to this session children will be taught in their own class. They will be grouped and put into homogenous groups, once their entry assessment is completed by the Reading Lead and Deputy Phonics Lead. Nursery children will also be learning letters of the alphabet and their initial sounds. They will be taught to blend through ‘Fred Talk’ Games.  

Key Stage 1:

Phonics sessions take place in the first part of each day. Children are grouped according to attainment to make sure teaching and learning is at the correct level for their current achievement. Groups may contain a mixture of EYFS, Year 1 and Year 2 children, as well as children in Years 3 and 4. As soon as children have a thorough understanding of decoding words these children will then access the Inference approach to reading.There are daily lessons based on the phases for the children based on the progression through the RWInc document.This is for the Year 1 children in preparation for their phonics screening check and Year 2 children who still need additional support with this.  

Key Stage 2:

Children identified as working below age related expectations will receive additional support through RWInc intervention sessions.Year 3 and 4 children will join RWInc sessions. In years 5 and 6 children will take part in Fresh Start Phonics. This may vary based on children’s individual needs. 

SEND Pupils:

SEND pupils are fully involved in the RWInc sessions as children work in groups with others at their level. Teaching is geared to the speed of progress of each group. Additional 1:1 tuition may take place at other times; this will be identified by teachers in discussions with the SENDCo.  

Additional Support:

There may be some children who are identified as needing a boost to their phonics knowledge. These children will be identified by the teacher and sessions will be delivered by support staff in class.  

Monitoring and Review:

The English/Phonics Leader, as well as Deputy Phonics leader will:

• Assess all children at the end of the summer term to ensure that children are placed in the correct groups to start in September
• Deliver training and model lessons • Collate data from end of term assessments to monitor progress of all groups.  
• Monitor progress of the children by hearing the children read, interviews with pupils and monitoring of assessments
• Conduct ‘Drop ins’ on all RWInc groups to ensure consistency, give advice and check that all children are in the correct groups

Expected Progression

• EYFS- RWInc Set 1 and 2 sounds and words (Red Ditties to Pink  Level books)
• Year One - RWInc Set 2 and 3 sounds and words (Pink to Blue level  books)
• Year Two – moving off the Read Write Inc programme and moving to the Reading inference approach when ready for the next stage as a reader. They will also be taught comprehension strategies through a whole class Guided Reading approach  

For our bottom 20% readers, staff will be listening to them reading daily. Tuition for those not keeping up will also be taking place, to ensure children are able to catch up with their peers.  

Books to take home:

As a reading school our children take home books that are phonetically decodable but not from one particular scheme. The children use Read Write Inc books within the session but take home a range of different schemed books which include the trigraphs, digraphs they have been taught within their Read Write Inc sessions.We want to ignite a love of reading in our children and believe that children need to have the opportunity to apply their early reading skills taught by using a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts from RWInc books. All children also have their usernames and password to enable them to access the schools online subscription of E-Books from Oxford Reading Owl. Additionally, staff use the Read Write Inc groupings/assessments to ensure the books the children take home match their phonics phase so children can decode these books easily. Children also take home a book of their choice to enjoy reading together with their parents/carers, which exposes them to high level vocabulary and language beyond the Phonics sessions and encourages a love of reading across the curriculum.  

Useful Links - Parernts Guide to Read Write Inc:

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/readwrite-inc-phonics-guide/

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/

https://www.ruthmiskin.com/parents/