Swain House Primary School

Phonics

Rocket Phonics at Swain House Primary School

At Swain House Primary School, phonics is taught on a daily basis following the Rocket Phonics story-based Systematic Synthetic Phonics Programme.

Children develop essential literacy skills using a balanced approach that focuses equally on blending for reading, and segmenting for writing and spelling.

The phonics teaching uses a blend of digital and printed resources, flashcards, sounds mats, friezes, write-in pupil booklets (where appropriate), reading books and eBooks to ignite a love of reading and consolidates decoding skills by immersing pupils in captivating illustrated stories (Big Books) and a rich variety of fully-decodable fiction and non-fiction.

This approach to teaching phonics starts in Receoption and continues through Key Stage 1 and into Key Stage 2 where necessary.

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Children in Year One have been........

Children in Reception have been....

Exploring the initial sounds in word by saying the phoneme when looking at the picture and finding the grapheme to match!

Developing their gross and fine motor skills and practising their letter formation.

Reading and writing simple CVC words in order to match words to pictures.

Children in Year Two have been...

Useful Links and Resources:

Helpful videos that will support with the correct pronunciation of the sounds learnt in phonics lessons.

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The Rocket Phonics Parent Guide

Rocket Phonics Parent guide

Sound mats (with pictures) to support the recognition of the graphemes.

Reception Phonics Meeting
On Tuesday 1st October 2024, the Reception team held their annual phonics parents meeting.

Below is the PowerPoint from the meeting that provides information about Phonics in Reception at Swain House Primary School.

Within the Power point you will find some useful videos and links to support the continuation of phonics learning at home.

Reception Phonics Meeting 01.10.2024

Year One Phonics Meeting

On Thursday 17th October 2024, the Year One team held their annual phonics parents meeting.

Below is the PowerPoint from the meeting that provides information about Phonics in Year One at Swain House Primary School.

Within the Power point you will find some useful videos and links to support the continuation of phonics learning at home.

Year One Phonics Meeting 17.10.2024

If you would like any support or guidance on how to support your child's phonics learning at home, please arrange to speak with your child's class teacher who would be happy to help.