Phonics and Spelling
A program of synthetic phonics teaching is used at Brook Field. We use the ‘Letters and Sounds’ materials to develop and enhance the children’s phonetic awareness across Key Stage One. In addition, the actions from Jolly Phonics are followed. Further more, all opportunities are taken to use a rich bank of resources, in order to make the learning as meaningful and memorable as possible.
There are 6 stages or phases to children’s phonic development.
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PHASE ONE |
underpins all other phases strong emphasis on listening skills and oral blending and segmenting |
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PHASE TWO |
19 letters of the alphabet introduced. One sound for each |
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PHASE THREE |
remaining 7 letters of the alphabet start to introduce digraphs for other phonemes |
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PHASE FOUR |
blending and segmenting adjacent consonants |
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PHASE FIVE |
more graphemes to represents sounds. Sounds represented by more than one grapheme. |
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PHASE SIX |
revision of phases two to five(GPC’s) spelling with simple prefixes and suffixes adding endings and doubling/dropping of final letters homophones |
Click on the links below for the recommended 100 books to read in Key Stage 1.
Top challenge - to read them all before the end of Year 2!