Scole C of E Primary AcademyPhonics 
Intent
We believe that all our children can become fluent readers and writers. This is why we teach reading through Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised, which is a systematic and synthetic phonics programme. We start teaching phonics in Reception and follow the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised progression, which ensures children build on their growing knowledge of the alphabetic code, mastering phonics to read and spell as they move through school.
As a result, all our children are able to tackle any unfamiliar words as they read. We also model the application of the alphabetic code through phonics in shared reading and writing, both inside and outside of the phonics lesson and across the curriculum. We have a strong focus on language development for our children because we know that speaking and listening are crucial skills for reading and writing in all subjects.
Spirituality:
Children develop creativity by exploring how words are constructed together using sounds. Phonic knowledge is the key to unlocking awe and wonder through reading.
Phonics Programme Reception/Year 1
Little Wandle
Helping your child at home with phonics and early reading can be a daunting task. The Little Wandle website has lots of support for parents including videos for how to pronounce each sound.
Vocabulary
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Phoneme |
The smallest unit of sound in a word - often referred to as a sound. |
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grapheme |
A letter (or sequence of letters) that represent(s) a phoneme. |
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Grapheme-phoneme correspondence (GPC) |
The match between a phoneme and grapheme. |
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Oral blending |
Say phonemes in the word and blend in your head or out loud. |
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blending |
Say individual phonemes, put together to make a word. |
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chunking |
Breaking words or parts of words into phonemes. |
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Multisyllabic word |
A word with more than one syllable. |
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digraph |
A phoneme that is represented by two letters. e.g. ar, ea, er, oi, ch, th |
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trigraph |
A phoneme that is represented by three letters. e.g. air, igh, ear |
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Split vowel digraph |
A digraph that is separated by one or more consonants within a word. eg cake, bite, phone, these, cube. |
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Adjacent consonants |
Consonants blended together when reading a word. |
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Alternative graphemes |
Different representations of a phoneme in a word e.g. high, pie. |