Phonics

Phonics Learning at St John's

Here at St John’s we are proud to teach Phonics and Early Reading using Supersonic Phonic Friends.

Supersonic Phonic Friends is a child-centered, systematic and synthetic Phonics scheme. It is underpinned with rhythm, rhyme and movement and most importantly, it enables us to teach Phonics in a dynamic and engaging way. Our mastery approach ensures children are able to apply all skills around a spelling; oral blending and segmenting, recognition of the spelling on its own, reading it in a word, reading in different contexts and writing.

Our curriculum is consistent and progressive.

• Firm Foundations in Reception
• The Basics 2 and 3 in Reception
• The Basics 4 in Year 1
• The Higher Levels – Choose to Use Rules in Year 1
• The Higher Level – Switch it Spell Sounds in Year 1 and 2

To find out more about how we teach Phonics, please take a look at our Phonics Showcase presentation.

TO WATCH THE PHONICS SHOWCASE HEADLINES PLEASE CLICK HERE!

TO WATCH SUPERSONIC PHONIC FRIENDS ACTIONS AND RHYMES VIDEO CLICK HERE

TO WATCH SUPERSONIC PHONIC FRIENDS HELPFUL PHRASES VIDEO CLICK HERE

Resourses to help at home:

• Spelling mats – “We hear the sounds in our words really well, we look at our mats to see and spell.”

• Tricky Tess mats – “Tricky Tess Time!”

• Alliterations and Actions