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Teaching Phonics

Our aim is to get children reading as soon as possible and inspire a life-long love of reading.

We can achieve this together through:

  • Read Write Inc, our school phonics programme to get our children reading as fast as possible
  • Encouraging children to develop a love of books by reading to them daily and getting all children really engaged with texts - at school and at home
  • Giving children access to a wide range of books at school and at home

We use Read Write Inc Phonics (RWI) to give your child the best possible start with their reading, spelling and writing.

Please take the time to read the information as it will provide invaluable information as to how you can help and support your child in reading.

What is Read Write Inc?

Read Write Inc (RWI) is a phonics programme which helps all children learn to read fluently and at speed so they can then focus on developing their skills in comprehension, vocabulary and spelling. The programme is designed for children aged 4-7. However it will continue beyond the age of 7 if a child still need support in their reading.

More information on our phonics programme can be found at https://ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/parents/ 

Writing
Early Years focuses on encouraging mark making and early writing, while Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 focuses on the two key areas:
  • Transcription (spelling and handwriting)
  • Composition (articulating ideas and structuring them in speech and writing)
Teachers make judgements on whether children are working towards the expected standard, working at the expected standard or working at greater depth. This is reported to parents on a termly basis. The following 'I can....' documents, outline the expectation for the majority of pupils who are working on their own year group's aims. The statements detailed in the documents are used by teachers when forming a judgement about how well a child is progressing. 
 
Teachers may feel the need to revisit 'I can...' statements from earlier years to consolidate knowledge and build on pupils’ understanding, or go beyond the 'I can...' statements if they feel it is appropriate for their highest-attaining children.