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The Year 1 Phonics Check will occur in June. Children have been practicing with their teachers and focusing on decoding real and alien words. Extra support is in place for children with learning gaps. Results will be communicated in end-of-year reports. Additional support will be provided for children who do not pass. Resources and websites are available to support phonics learning at home.
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Phonics check The Year 1 Phonics check will happen the week commencing 11th June. There is a 2 week period in which we can administer the check, if any children are away then they will have to re-sit in Year 2.
The children have been practising the check with their class teachers and are becoming familiar with the format. We have also been focusing on decoding real and alien words at the start of every Phonics lesson.
The check consists of 20 real words and 20 pseudo (alien) words which are all decodable.
They will include phonemes from phase 2, 3 and 5. All children have been taught the phonemes. We have already put in place extra support for children with gaps in their learning.
Here is a clip of the check : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPJ_ZEBh1Bk From 36 seconds
Pure sounds At school we teach the children to create pure sounds when sounding out their words. It is very important that this approach is modelled at home. Examples can be found on school website under ‘Phonics’. d f c g h i
Sound buttoning Sound buttoning supports the children to spot phonemes, digraphs and trigraphs in a word. During the phonics check they are allowed to sound button, this is a skill that we encourage. We provide opportunities for sound buttoning in our Phonics lessons.
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Reporting back to you. You will be informed as to whether your child has passed or not passed the check in the end of year reports which come out in July.
If your child does not pass this year, extra support will be put in place and they will be re checked next June. The pass mark in previous years as been 32, however this may change and the Government will release this to us after we have undertaken the check.
What next? Please don’t panic! The children are used to completing these activities and really do enjoy them. They are very relaxed when doing the check due to the approach we take in preparing them.
You can use this website to support your children with their phonics. www.phonicsplay.co.uk There are various sites that you can download alien words from. You can use these to support your child’s reading and sound buttoning.
Reading Word reading- respond speedily with the correct sound to graphemes (letters or groups of letters) for all 40+ phonemes, including alternative sound graphemes. Read accurately by blending sounds in unfamiliar words. Read common exception words. Read aloud accurately books that are consistent with their developing phonic knowledge and that do not require them to use other strategies to work out words. Clarify- understand both the books he/she can already read accurately and fluently and those he/she listens to by checking that the text makes sense to him/her as he/she reads. Monitor and summarise- understand both the books he/she can already read accurately and fluently and those he/she listen to as he/she reads, correcting inaccurate reading. Respond and explain clearly his/her understanding of what is read to him/her. Select and retrieve- develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding. Listen to and discuss a wide rage of poems, stories and non fiction at a level beyond what at which he/she can read independently. Participate in discussion about what is read to him/her, taking turns and listening to what others say. Inference- understand both the books he/she can already read accurately and fluently and those he/she listens to by prediction what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far. Language for effect- recognise and join in with predictable phrases. Themes and conventions- develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understand by becoming very familiar with key stories, fairy stories and traditional tales. Understand both the books he/she can already read accurately and fluently and those he/she listens to by discussing the significance of the title and events.
Home Reading Read the same book more than once. Children change their home reading books when they read with a grown up in school which is twice a week. They need to return their old book before choosing a new one. Record reading at home. We award one tick per day as opposed to each time the children read.
