In Year One children have 20mins discrete

phonics lessons 4 times per week following the RWI

scheme.

Children are taught to read by breaking down

words into separate soundssounds or ‘phonemes’. They

are then taught how to blendblend these sounds

together to read the whole word.

There are 44 different sounds.

Set 1:

Set 1 Sounds are taught in the following order:

m a s d t, i n p g o, c k u b, f e l h sh, r j v y w, th z ch qu x ng nk

Read Write Inc order of sounds

Long vowel sound

Set 2 sounds Set 3 sounds

ay ay: may I play? a_e: make a cake ai: snail in the rain

ee ee: what can you see?

ea: cup of tea e: he me we she be

igh igh: fly high i_e: nice smileow ow: blow the snow o_e: phone home oa: goat in a

boatoo oo: poo at the zoo u_e: huge brute ew: chew the

stewoo oo: look at a book  ar ar: start the car  or or: shut the door aw: yawn at dawnair air: that’s not fair are: care and shareir ir: whirl and twirl ur: nurse with a

purseer: a better letter

ou ou: shout it out ow: brown cowoy oy: toy for a boy oi: spoil the boyire   ire: fire! fire!ear   ear: hear with your earure   ure: sure it’s pure

Every Year 1 child in the country will be taking

the statutory phonics screening check in the same

week.

The check is very similar to tasks

the children already complete

during phonics lessons.

The focus of the check is to provide evidence of

children’s decoding and blending skills, not to

test their vocabulary.

They will be asked to ‘sound out’ a word and

blend the sounds together. e.g. d-o-g – dog

The check will consist of 40 words and non-

words.

Children will be told if the word is a real or

‘alien’ word, with a corresponding alien image.

Teachers will conduct all of the

screening checks with the children.

The children will complete the check one to one

in a quiet area of the school.

We are not permitted to indicate to the children

at the time whether they have correctly

sounded out and / or blended the word.

Children will be scored against a national

standard.

Data will be submitted first and schools will be

informed of the pass mark at a later date.

Parents will be informed of results.

If your child’s score falls below the national

standard they will re-take the Phonics

Screening Check in Year 2.

The screening will take place throughout

the week beginning 15th June15

It has been designed so that children of all

abilities will be able to take part.

Encourage them to use their sounds and actions to find the

sound they need.

Encourage children to make up their own alien words using a

variety of sounds.

Children can practise their phonics by playing games online. The

children particularly like -

* Buried Treasure

* Poopdeck Pirates

* Picnic on Pluto

Resources for you to take away to help

•List of set 2 and set 3 sounds (with the rhymes)

•Phonics Alien word game

•Phonics report identifying any sounds that your child needs to practise.

•List of online games you may find useful.

REMEMBERREMEMBER: Phonics is not the only way you become

a good reader. Continue to read with your child each

night and encourage them to:

Sound out, re-read to check it makes sense, and

use pictures for clues.

Ask questions about the book;

And most importantly ENJOY READINGENJOY READING!