Phonics in KS1
Parent Reading Workshop
Autumn 2014
Working together….
 Reading
together at home is one of the
easiest and most important ways in which
you can help your child.
 Developing their knowledge of phonics
enables your child to become an
effective and confident reader.
 From Reception and through Key Stage 1,
children are engaged in daily phonics
sessions.
Phonemes and graphemes…

A letter consists of ; a sound, a shape and it has capital form
and lower case form.
Aa
The letter shape= grapheme
The letter sound= phoneme
There are 44 phonemes in the English Language
(24 consonant and 20 vowel sounds)
Please collect a hand out at the end with full details of the 44
phonemes
Letters and Sounds….
 As
a school we are following Government
guidance with regards to 6 phases of
phonics teaching. This six phase teaching
programme focuses on high quality
phonic work.
 By the end of Year 2, children should have
completed phase 6. Which phase the
children should be working on is assessed
by the teacher, and appropriate
teaching is planned for.
 Oxford
Check
Owl - The Year 1 Phonics Screening
The Phonics Screening Check
 What
is it?
 The phonics screening check is carried
out in the summer term of Year One.
The screening check is a quick and easy
check of your child’s phonic knowledge.
They are asked to read 40 words aloud.
The check contains a mixture of real words
and ‘non-words’.
Why use non-words?
 Non-words
are important to include
because words such as ‘vap’ or ‘jound’
are new to all children. Children cannot
read the non-words by using their memory
or vocabulary, they have to use their
decoding skills. This is a fair way to assess
their ability to decode.
Examples of pseudo words…
ot
vap
osk
ect
Other useful resources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/