Curriculum
Consolidating Phonics Practice
Spot the children slipping behind in phonics early, and give them the targeted help they need before the Year 1 phonics screening check.
- 31 minutes
- 7 modules
- 0.5 CPD hours
- Certificate
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What you'll learn
- Identify children falling behind in phonics from daily sessions and assessments
- Set up a half-termly and termly assessment cycle that shapes your planning
- Group struggling readers by need, from early sounds to longer words
- Plan daily intervention led by your most skilled phonics staff
- Prepare children for the Year 1 phonics screening check and a Year 2 resit
About this course
Every Reception and Year 1 class has a few children for whom daily phonics isn't enough. Some know only a handful of sounds. Others know plenty but stall when it's time to blend, or manage short words and freeze at longer ones. Each group needs something different, and the sooner you know who is where, the more time you have to help.
You'll set up a pattern of shorter half-termly checks and fuller termly ones, then use the results to group children by what they need next. From there it's about small-group and one-to-one intervention led by your strongest phonics staff. The children who need it most should read with an adult every day, and parents can help at home.
There's practical preparation for the Year 1 phonics screening check, and ideas for children who need to resit it in Year 2.
- For early career teachers, support staff and 2 other roles. Early years and primary.
7 modules
Open in order
- 2 min
Introduction – reviewing current teaching practice of phonics
- 5 min
What can you do to support pupils that may fall behind?
- 7 min
How can you assess the pupils progress?
- 4 min
Why is regular reading so important?
- 7 min
Getting ready for the phonics check in Year 1
- 8 min
Support and intervention for children
- 2 min
Wrap up