Phonics at The Oaks
After a lot of research into a range of DfE approved phonics schemes, as a school we took the decision to follow ‘Supersonic Phonic Friends’ (SSPF), to give our children the very best start in their learning. The Phonics Scheme is designed for Year R, Year 1, Year 2 and for some children in KS2 who would benefit from extra support. It aims to build children’s speaking and listening skills in their own right as well as to prepare children for learning to read by developing their phonic knowledge and skills. It is a fully systematic, synthetic programme for teaching phonic skills.
Sessions
Sessions are taught daily for about 30 minutes and have a clear structure following the model: Revisit & Revise, Teach, Practise and Apply.
Rhyme
With ‘Supersonic Phonic Friends’, we ‘wrap our children’ in rhyme’ to ensure they ‘hear the sounds in the words they speak’.
Levels
The programme begins in reception where the children will be immersed in phonics through the firm foundations moving on to basics 2 and 3.
KS1
Children in year 1 will be taught the Higher Level Phonics 5. Year 2 will be taught the spelling rules linked.