Reading / Phonics
Reading – it’s your child’s ticket to everywhere! Establishing a good reading routine is essential! One of the most important things you can do for your child is develop their love of books early on in life. It really is the key to their future learning and success.
- Children naturally copy what they see their parents doing, so lead by example. The more you read, the more they’ll read! Books, magazines, newspapers, footie results, recipes, e-mails, instruction manuals, birthday cards – it doesn’t matter what you read - it’ll show reading as an enjoyable, useful skill worth having.
- Settling down together with a good storybook is a special, quality time that enables you to bond with your child. It’s the perfect time for them to open up and tell you how they feel or what they’ve been doing.
- 10 to 15 minutes of reading together is enough, unless your child asks for more. Little and often is the key to success. Try to make reading with your child a pleasurable daily activity.
- Let your child experience as many different kinds of reading material as possible – picture books, pop-up books, rhyming books, comics, magazines, story books and factual books.
- It’s important that your child reads aloud to you, even after they’re able to read fluently. You can still read aloud to them too. It helps them to use their imagination, build concentration and develop comprehension, as practice helps children really get into the story without having to stop and work out new words.
The document below shows how we teach Phonics and Reading in our school from Year Reception to Year 6.
Please see the letter and videos below to support your child with their phonics learning at home.
How to say the sounds
Why read to your child?
Teaching Blending
Two letters one sound
Spelling (using phonics)
Read Write Inc. Sounds and Rhymes
The document below shows our Reading Spine from Year Reception to Year 6.
