Phonics
Phonics at Nettleworth Infant and Nursery School
Here at Nettleworth, we use Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised to support our teaching and learning of phonics. This is a structured programme which takes children through their phonics learning journey.
Phonics begins with the making of, and hearing of, sounds in the early years, through learning 44+ phonemes (sounds) during Reception and Year 1, leading onto learning more complex spelling strategies in Year 2 which is supported through the use of Spelling Shed.
Phonics builds the foundations for children’s independent reading skills and also spelling skills.
Support for Parents and Carers
Follow this link to find videos and information from Little Wandle. It will help you find ways to support your child with their phonics and understand how they are taught phonics at school.
Little Wandle for Parents/Carers
Phonics Screening:
At the end of Year 1 (June), all children have to undertake the Year 1 Phonics Screening. This is carried out by the class teacher working 1:1 with each child. Children are presented with 40 words to read, some of which are real and some of which are pseudo (made up/fake/'alien') words containing the 40+ phonemes they have learned during their first two years in school. The pass mark is usually around 32 (but this is always confirmed after the results have been submitted) and children who do not reach this standard will receive extra phonics support in Year 2, and then resit the screening at the end of the following year.
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F1 |
Children will have daily Little Wandle rhyme time sessions linked to a nursery rhyme of the week. These sessions will focus on different aspects of Phase 1 phonics such as listening, syllables, rhyming, alliteration and sound knowledge. The children will also access daily Little Wandle foundations for phonics sessions focussing on phonetic awareness through the progression of sounds below. |
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s a t p i n |
m d g o c k e |
u r h b f l j |
v w y z qu ch |
ck x sh th ng nk |
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F2 |
Week 1 – s a t p Week 2 – i, n, m, d Week 3 – g o c k Week 4 – ck e u r Week 5 – h b f l
Tricky Words is, I, the
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Week 1 – ff ll ss j Week 2 – v w x y Week 3 – z zz qu ch and words with s /s/ added at the end Week 4 – sh th ng nk Week 5 – words with s /s/ added at the end words with s /z/ added at the end
Tricky Words as, and, has, his, her, go, no, to, into, she, he, of, we, me, be
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Week 1 – ai ee, igh, oa Week 2 – oo oo ar or Week 3 – ur ow oi ear Week 4 – air er and words with double letters Week 5 – Longer words
Tricky Words was, you, they, my, by, all, are, sure, pure |
Week 1 – Review all Phase 3 sounds Week 2 – Review words with double letters and longer words Week 3 – Words with two or more digraphs Week 4 – Longer words, words ending in ing and compound words Week 5 – Words with s in the middle, words ended in s and es
Tricky Words Review all taught so far Secure spelling |
Week 1 – Short vowels CVCC Week 2 – Short vowels CVCC and CCVC Week 3 – Short Vowels CCVCC, CCCVC, CCCVCC and longer words Week 4 – Longer words and compound words Week 5 – Root words ending in ing, ed (t), ed (id), ed (est)
Tricky Words said, so, have, like, some, come, were, here, little, says, there, when, what, one, out, today |
Week 1 – Long vowels CVCC and CCVC Week 2 – Long vowels CCVC CCCVC CCV CCVCC Week 3 – Phase 4 words ending s, s (z), es Week 4 – Root words ending ing, ed (t), ed (id), ed (d) Week 5 – Phase 4 words ending in s, s (z), es Longer words
Tricky Words Review all taught so far Secure spelling |
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Year 1 Little Wandle Phonics |
Phase 3 / 4 review
review Phase 3 GPCs ai ee igh oa oo ar or ur oo ow oi ear
air er /z/ s –s –es words with two or more digraphs e.g. queen thicker
Phase 4: CVCC CCVC CCVCC CCCVC Phase 4 with long vowels
Phase 5 /ai/ ay play /ow/ ou cloud /oi/ oy toy /ee/ ea each |
Phase 5 graphemes
/ur/ ir bird /igh/ ie pie /oo/ /yoo/ ue blue rescue /yoo/ u unicorn
/oa/ o go /igh/ i tiger /ai/ a paper /ee/ e he
/ai/ a-e shake /igh/ i-e time /oa/ o-e home /oo/ /yoo/ u-e rude cute /ee/ e-e these /oo/ /yoo/ ew chew new /ee/ ie shield /or/ aw claw
Grow the code: /igh/ ie i i-e /ai/ ay a a-e /oa/ oa o o-e /ee/ e ie e-e ea /oo/ /yoo/ ew u-e u ue |
Phase 5 graphemes
/ee/ y funny /e/ ea head /w/ wh wheel /oa/ oe ou toe shoulder
/igh/ y fly /oa/ ow snow /j/ g giant /f/ ph phone
/l/ le al apple metal /s/ c ice /v/ ve give
/u/ o-e o ou some mother young /z/ se cheese /s/ se ce mouse fence /ee/ ey donkey
/oo/ u ew ue u-e ui ou oo fruit soup /ee/ ea e e-e ie ey y ee /s/ c se ce ss /z/ se s zz /oa/ ow oe ou o-e o oa |
Phase 5 graphemes
/ur/ or word /oo/ u oul awful would /air/ are share /or/ au aur oor al author dinosaur floor walk
/ch/ tch match /ch/ ture adventure /ar/ al half* /ar/ a father*
/or/ a water schwa in longer words: different /o/ a want /air/ ear ere bear there
/ur/ ear learn /r/ wr wrist /s/ st sc whistle science schwa at the end of words: actor
/c/ ch school /sh/ ch chef /z/ ze freeze |
Review phase 5 GPCs for phonics screening check
ay, a-e, ea, e
ie, i-e, o, o-e
ue, ew, u-e, aw
ea, ir, ou, oy
i, a, ow, u
ph, wh, ie, g |
Phase 5 graphemes
/ai/ eigh aigh ey ea /n/ kn gn /m/ mb /ear/ ere eer
/zh/ su si /j/ dge ge /i/ y
/s/ ti ssi si ci /or/ augh our oar ore |
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Year 2 Spelling Shed |
Words where ‘dge’ makes a /j/ sound Words where ‘ge’ makes a /j/ sound Words where ‘g’ makes a /j/ sound Words where ‘c’ makes a /s/ sound before ‘e’, ‘i’ and ‘y’ Words where ‘kn’ and ‘gn’ make a /n/ sound at the beginning of words Challenge Words |
Words where ‘wr’ makes a /r/ sound at the beginning of words Words ending in ‘le’ Words ending in ‘el’ Words ending in ‘al’ Words ending in ‘il’ Challenge Words |
Words where ‘y’ makes an /igh/ sound Words where ‘-es’ is added to words ending in ‘y’ Words where ‘-ed’ is added to words ending in ‘y’ Words where ‘-er’ and ’-est’ are added to words ending in ‘y’ Words where ‘-ing’ is added to words ending in ‘e’ Challenge Words |
Words where ‘-er’, ‘-est’ and ‘-ed’ is added to words ending in ‘e’ Words where ‘-ing’ is added to single syllable words Words where ‘-ed’ is added to single syllable words Words where ‘a’ makes an /or/ sound Words where ‘o’ makes an /u/ sound Challenge Words |
Words where the digraph ‘ey’ makes an /ee/ sound Words where ‘a’ makes an /o/ sound Words where ‘or’ and ‘ar’ make an /er/ or /or/ sound Words where ‘si’ and ‘s’ makes an /zh/ sound Words ending in ‘-ment’ and ‘-ness’ Words ending in ‘-ful’ and ‘-less’ |
Words that are homophones Words that are homophones or near homophones Words ending in ‘-tion’ Words with an apostrophe for contraction Words with an apostrophe for possession Challenge Words |