Phonics and Reading

Phonics and Early Reading

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Phonics plays an integral part of our curriculum, ensuring all children in EYFS and KS1 are taught to read as soon as possible. The Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised scheme supports children in recognising all 44 phonemes in the English alphabetical code and are taught how to blend these sounds in order to read alternative graphemes. We ensure that these lessons begin as soon as children enter Reception. Taking a huge priority, phonics is taught for thirty minutes each day with additional interventions for children in the lowest 20% of their cohort.

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At Crowmoor Primary School, Phonics plays an integral part of our curriculum. It teaches our children to become fluent readers from an early stage. To achieve this, we use the Little Wandle Letters and Sound Revised scheme in EYFS and KS1, which is a systematic and synthetic phonics programme, starting as soon as they begin their journey with us in Reception. This programme supports children to recognise all 44 sounds within the alphabetical code and ensures children master the skills they need to read and spell as they move through the school.​
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Assessment takes place daily within Phonics lessons. Throughout the year we complete half-termly assessments to ensure children are placed in the correct groups and are steadily progressing.

 

Reading 

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At Crowmoor Primary School, we believe in encouraging pupils to foster a love of reading for pleasure. Pupils who read on a regular basis in school - and at home - have a higher chance of fulfilling their academic potential.  

   

We aim for reading to permeate all areas of the curriculum. Independent reading, and reading as a class, are integrated into the existing curriculum, with aspects of the Reading Policy used in everyday teaching. A wide variety of texts are available in order to provide pupils with a range of reading options.