Comprehensive Overview of Phonics Teaching Methods and School Values
Delve into the world of phonics instruction and school values with detailed explanations on essential concepts such as phonemes, graphemes, and teaching methodologies. Discover the importance of high expectations, PE, cursive handwriting, and more in shaping well-rounded learners.
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Welcome to Reception Mrs Pearce, Mrs Seaman, Mrs Allan Miss Botterill and Mrs Leggett Proud to be part of
High Expectations / School Values PE Phonics Reading Cursive Handwriting Proud to be part of
School Values Inspiration Co-Operation Respect Self Discipline Caring Resilience These values are used to promote the high expectations we have of our children Children can earn values gems by demonstrating good listening, following the school rules, being kind, using good manners and working towards becoming independent and resilient learners. Proud to be part of
PE (Wednesday) Children to come into school wearing the school PE uniform Please remove all jewellery and earrings (as stated in our school policy) PE will be both indoors and outside Proud to be part of
Phonics Proud to be part of
What is Phonics? Phonics is a method of teaching children how to read. We link letters to the sounds that they make to enable children to pronounce words. Proud to be part of
ELS Essential Letters and Sounds (ELS) is our chosen phonics programme. It teaches children to read by identifying the phonemes (smallest unit of sound) and graphemes (written version of the sound) within words and using these to read words. Proud to be part of
How we teach phonics Whole class High quality teaching with repetition and reinforcement of learning Effective modelling - My turn your turn approach Fun and Interactive Consistent Opportunities for writing- new grapheme, words and sentences. Lots of opportunity for oral blending c/oa/t Robot arms and blending hands Pure sounds Proud to be part of
Example lesson Proud to be part of
Terminology Phoneme Grapheme Digraph Trigraph Split digraph (please take a handout on your way out!) Proud to be part of
Reading Books Reading books link to our ELS phonics scheme Reading books link to our ELS phonics scheme Clear progression. Clear progression. Reading books match fluency not phonics knowledge. Reading books match fluency not phonics knowledge. Reading books are for practise not challenge. Reading books are for practise not challenge. The most important part of reading is to gain fluency and automaticity. The most important part of reading is to gain fluency and automaticity. Your child may come home with the same reading book but this is to Your child may come home with the same reading book but this is to consolidate their reading skills to enable them to become fluent readers. consolidate their reading skills to enable them to become fluent readers. Proud to be part of
Reading Recognition 20 days read bronze certificate 50 days read silver certificate 100 days read gold certificate 150 days read platinum certificate 200 days read star reader badge 250 days read vending machine Proud to be part of
Cursive Handwriting We teach cursive handwriting at Preston Hedges Please take a handwriting sheet! s a p t Proud to be part of
How you can support your child at home Read with your child at home as often as you can Reading a story before bedtime to create that love for reading Spotting words and signs within the environment road signs Identify digraphs or trigraphs in words Revisit harder to read and spell words Phonics games Proud to be part of
Any questions? Proud to be part of
