Phonics Scheme
Our Phonics and Reading scheme in school is called Supersonic Phonic Friends and all reading books are pitched according to the phonic levels of individual children.
All children will be allocated reading books according to their stage of phonic learning. Children will bring home a book matching previously taught sounds (within the last two week) to practise reading using their phonics.
These books will be to consolidate and repeat the sounds that they have been taught in school and as such, they should be able to read them at home with out too much problem. They will be challenged with new sounds and higher-level work at school and then should spend their time at home repeating these sounds to ensure that they have a solid phonic foundation.
We would also expect children to read the books several times in order to rehearse the sounds.
Once children have completed their phonic journey they will move to a ‘speed read’ book which are colour banded.
All the books have been reclassified according to the new scheme and therefore, it is important that you don’t get concerned by the old coloured stickers which are still on the books.
How to support your child’s reading with the phonic books
Encourage your child to…
- Ø Discuss the title and pictures/illustrations
- Ø Look out for tricky words, we cannot use our phonics to sound out Tricky Tess words. A copy of these words will be sent to you
- Ø Identify familiar sounds within words and blend them together to read the words. ‘There is no doubt you must sound out’.
- Ø Read with speed – re-read sentences without relying on phonics.
- Ø Point to/track the words as they read.
- Ø Children will need assistance when reading words written in Blue (written on the label inside). ‘If it’s in blue I will show you what to do’.
Children will also receive another book to read for enjoyment. This is not a book for teaching the children to read the sounds but to encourage a love of reading and a wide vocabulary.
How to read for enjoyment with your child
Discuss the cover with your child and read the blurb on the back with/to them. Ask your child to join in with you as you share the book together, there may be a word that they recognise, can sound out and blend or a repeated word that they remember. Discuss in detail the pictures/illustrations. Ask questions to see if your child remembers the story, understands the key ideas and vocabulary. And most importantly, enjoy reading together.