READING AND phonics
Reading and Phonics
At St Edward’s we lay strong emphasis on the teaching of reading. The ability to read well is a vital skill. We use a structured reading scheme ‘Oxford Reading Tree’ and alongside this we encourage the children to take books home to read with their parents. Children may choose additional fiction reading books from the well-resourced class libraries and non- fiction from the school library. We teach reading through both individual and guided group reading.
In addition to this we also offer reading support for those children who find reading challenging. Some children may participate in intervention groups to enable them to catch up.
Phonics
- Children from Nursery to Year 2 follow the ‘Read, Write Inc’ scheme of work, supportrd by other materials, and have daily discrete phonics sessions.
- All phonic lessons have four parts which are interactive, well-paced and structured so that the children are revisiting, learning, practicing and applying their skills.
- We follow a clear progressive scheme for planning and use a range of resources to teach synthetic phonics including Phonics Bug, Jolly Phonics, Rapid Phonics to supplement The Ruth Miskin Read Write Inc materials.
- Children in KS2 also continue to learn phonics if necessary and all children receive spelling lists to learn weekly.
Assessment
Phonic knowledge is assessed termly through the appropriate phonic assessment package.
Phonic knowledge is assessed during Year 1 through the statutory phonics screening check. It also be repeated during Year 2 to monitor progress and identify those children in need of intervention.
Grammar and Punctuation
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