Phonics

Phonics is taught daily throughout Foundation and Key Stage One.

It is also a key element of the continuous provision available to the children in FS and Year One. This is a vital part of the children's learning as it provides opportunities for them to practise and embed their phonic knowledge.

At Lady Bay Primary School we follow Supersonic Phonic Friends.

'Supersonic Phonic Friends' is a DFE validated phonics scheme.

''This programme is a fully systematic, synthetic phonic approach ranging from the simple to the complex spellings of the alphabetic code. Supported by their Supersonic Phonic friends, this approach will ensure children develop confidence and apply each skill to their own reading and writing.''

''The dynamic team behind Supersonic Phonic Friends are highly skilled phonic experts and passionate educators who have created the unique Supersonic Phonic Friends which fully meets the recently published DFE’s 16 essential core criteria. This is an exceptional resource which can be powered through technology and also brought to life through joyful play in the indoor and outdoor environment both at home and at school. If you want to inject new life in to your phonics teaching, make it as simple as possible for the teachers and children…then the phonic friends are here to help!''

Phonics Intent:

We believe that phonics provides the foundations of learning to make the development into fluent reading and writing easier. Through daily, systematic and consistent high quality phonics teaching, children learn to segment words to support their spelling ability and blend sounds to read words.