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Kingsweston School

Reading and Phonics

Phonics at Kingsweston

At Kingsweston, we follow the Twinkl Phonics Programme, adjusting it to suit each student’s needs and how they learn to read.

The way we teach phonics involves a step-by-step method (teaching the connection between letters and sounds in a specific order). We also use synthetic phonics, which focuses on teaching the sounds of letters and how to blend them together to form words, and break them apart when reading and writing.

The pace of teaching has been slowed down to give students more time to understand and practice each sound, so they can use it to read and write words effectively.

A big part of our approach is "overlearning." This means students practice a skill many times until it becomes second nature and they can use it easily and fluently.


Assessment

We use the Twinkl Phonics Assessment tool to baseline and track students' phonetic awareness and knowledge across the year in all Phonics levels, including level 1. 


 Delivery of phonics

The delivery of phonics is tailored to students strengths and needs and the approach is determined by the Curriculum Pathway they are currently working at and the use of summative and formative assessments. 

 

 

Planned approach for Engagement Pathway:

EYFS/

Key Stage 1 Pupils

Level 1 delivery

Key Stage 2 Pupils

Level 1 delivery

Exposure to Level 2 

Multi-sensory learning techniques

Key Stage 3 Pupils

Pupils begin environmental core learning

 


 

Planned Approach for Explore Pathway:

EYFS/

Key Stage 1 Pupils

Level 1 delivery

Exposure to Level 2

Key Stage 2 Pupils

Exposure to Level 2 

Multi-sensory learning techniques

Key Stage 3 Pupils

Pupils begin environmental core learning

  

Planned approach for Discover Pathway:

EYFS/

Key Stage 1 Pupils

Level 1 delivery

Exposure to Level 2

Key Stage 2 Pupils

Level 2 – 5 delivery with intervention work

Key Stage 3 Pupils

Intervention work to backward chain gaps of learning

 

PLANNED APPROACH FOR ENDEAVOUR PATHWAY

 

EYFS/Key Stage 1 Pupils

Level 2-6 delivery

Key Stage 2 Pupils

Intervention work and Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar(SPaG) lessons

Key Stage 3 Pupils

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