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Phonics

How we teach Reading (phonics) at North Beckton Primary

Read Write Inc (RWI)/Ruth Miskin (RML) Literacy is the Phonics programme that we currently deliver to teach reading. The structured teaching of RWI/RML starts in Reception, although some letter sounds are introduced in Nursery. Children from the two Reception classes are split into smaller groups and receive 30minutes of phonics every morning.

Children in Year 1 and 2 are also split into smaller groups and receive 45minutes of phonics every day.  The children in Year 2 who have finished the phonics programme will move on to guided reading. This focusses on reading skills such as comprehension. 

At North Beckton, our children learn to read and write effectively and quickly using the Read Write Inc. Phonic programme (RWI/RML). The programme is delivered to children in Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. The children rapidly learn sounds and the letters or groups of letters they need to represent them.

We teach pupils to:

  • Decode letter-sound correspondences quickly and effortlessly, using their phonic knowledge and skills
  • Read ‘tricky’ words on sight
  • Understand what they read
  • Read aloud with fluency and expression
  • Write confidently, with a strong focus on vocabulary and grammar
  • Spell quickly and easily by segmenting the sounds in words
  • Acquire good handwriting.

Pupils have frequent practice of reading high-frequency words with irregular spellings – ‘tricky words’. We make sure that pupils read books that are closely matched to their increasing knowledge of phonics and the ‘tricky words’. This is so that, early on, they experience success and gain confidence that they are readers. Re-reading and discussing these books with the teacher supports their increasingly fluent decoding.

Teaching the alphabetic code early on means that pupils quickly learn to write simple words and sentences. We encourage them to compose each sentence aloud until they are confident to write independently. We make sure they write every day.

Our aim is for pupils to complete the phonics programme as quickly as possible. The sooner they complete it, the sooner they will be able to choose books to read at their own interest and comprehension level. We expect all children to be off the phonics programme by Year 2.

 

Ruth Miskin Programme Information for Parents: https://www.ruthmiskin.com/parentsandcarers/?playlist=f1faf06&video=c2cde2c

Phonic Games: https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

Oxford Owl - Ways to support your child's reading at home: https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/?region=uk

Various games to choose from: http://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.html  

The English section has a range of fun interactive activities: http://www.ictgames.co.uk/