Phonics
Subject Lead for Phonics and Early Reading: Mrs. A. Buckley
The vision at St. Wilfrid’s is that all children are able, confident and fluent readers who are developed culturally, emotionally, intellectually, socially and spiritually. That all children can read confidently and fluently an age appropriate book and be able to answer a range of questions accurately.
We use Bug Club to aid our teaching of phonics. By the end of year 1 all children have learnt and can apply all 44 phonemes so they can read confidently and fluently.
We teach Phase 2, 3 and 4 in reception and Phase 5 in Year 1.
Below is the order we teach phonics in.
Phase 2
s a t p i n m d g o c k ck e u r h b f ff l ll ss
Phase 3
j v w x y z zz qu ch sh
th- this and that
ng- a thing on a string
ai– snail in the rain
ee– what can you see?
igh– fly high
oa– goat in a boat
oo– poo at the zoo
oo– look at a book
ar– start the car
or– shut the door
ur– nurse with a purse
ow– brown cow
oi– spoil the boy
ear– hear with your ear
air– that’s not fair
ure– sure its pure
er– a better letter
Phase 5
wh– what do you want
ph- a dolphin
ay– may I play
a-e – bake a cake
(eigh / ey / ei alternative a)
ea– cup of tea
e-e– these are ee’s
ey– cheeky monkey
(ie / y alternative e)
ie – pie on your tie
i-e nice smile
(y / i alternative i)
ow – blow the snow
o-e– phone home
oe– touch your toe
(o / oe alternative o)
ew– chew the stew
ue– true blue
u-e– huge brute
(u / oul alternative oo)
aw – yawn at dawn
au– a haunted house woooo
ir– whirl and twirl
er – perfect mermaid
ou– shout it out
oy– toy for a boy
Useful Websites
There are lots of fantastic websites to support the learning of phonics, lots have super games that the children love to play.