Phonics

At St Georges, we teach phonics for 30 minutes a day based on the Read Write Inc Phonics Scheme, which is a comprehensive, synthetic phonics programme that teaches children how to read and write.

For Phonics lessons, children are grouped according to their phonic stage not their age. Small groups of children are taught together from across the infants. Through frequent assessment children are able to progress fluidly through the groups as their understanding and ability increases. 

You can also find more information at: 

https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/parents/

and even more at - including printable resources: 

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/read-write-inc-phonics-guide/

Remember to use Fred the Frog to read and write

Fred is a frog puppet who says, reads and spells words in pure sounds; he never says the whole word so the children do this for him. He never adds ‘uh’ after a consonant sound e.g. fuh, luh (a slight ‘uh’ cannot be he

lped when saying the sounds b, g, d, j, w and y).

Children are taught to ‘Fred’ talk words by sounding out and blending to read. m_a_t .

Children are taught to spell by hearing and saying sounds in a word before writing them down. We call this using ‘Fred’ fingers.

Children should recall these sounds from Reception.

Children are expected to know these sounds by heart before Christmas.

Children are expected to know these sounds by heart before Easter.

 Phonics Games Online

Click on the images below to play games online to practise your phonics.