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Phonics
Support children using initial letter sounds, blending and segmenting where appropriate within a meaningful context.
Provide opportunities for children to listen and contribute to rhymes and poems, exploring words and meaning. We use the Letters and Sounds approach in story sessions, alongside Ruth Miskin Read Write Inc resources to develop a consistent approach to teaching letters and sounds.
​Phase 1 Letters and Sounds
Phase 1 supports children’s developing speaking and listening skills and linking of sounds and letters. Activities are divided into seven groups:
  • Environmental sounds.
  • Instrumental sounds.
  • Body percussion.
  • Rhythm and rhyme.
  • Alliteration.
  • Voice sounds.
  • Oral blending and segmenting.
Children should be encouraged to enjoy books from as early an age as possible. However, the focus of this phase is on listening to and repeating sounds, rather than on directly reading words.

Phase 2 Letters and Sounds
Phase 2 introduces simple letter-sound correspondences. As each set of letters is introduced, children are encouraged to use their new knowledge to sound out and blend words. For example, they will learn to blend the sounds s–a–t to make the word sat.
​Set 1:
s, a, t, p
at, a, sat, pat, tap, sap, as
Set 2:
i – it, is, sit, pit, tip
n – an, in, nip, pan, nap
m – am, man, mat, map, Tim
d – dad, and, sad, dim, Sid
Set 3:
g – tag, gag, sag, gas, pig
o – got, on, not, top, dog
c – can, cot, cop, cap, cod
k – kid, kit, Kim, Ken
Set 4:
ck – kick, sack, dock, sick, pocket
e – get, pet, ten, net, pen
u – up, mum, run, mug, cup
r – rip, ram, rat, rocket, carrot
Set 5:
h – had, him, his, hot, hut
b – but, big, back, bed, bus
f, ff – of, if, off, fit, fog, puff
l, ll – let, leg, lot, bell, doll
ss – less, hiss, mass, mess, boss
Phase 2 tricky words:
the, to, no, go, I, into
 ​Phase 1 Letters and Sounds
Aspect 1: General Sound Discrimination - Environmental Sounds
Drum Outdoors 
Aspect 1: General Sound Discrimination - Environmental Sounds
Mrs Browning's Box 
Aspect 2: General Sound Discrimination - Instrumental Sounds
Adjust the Volume
Aspect 2: General Sound Discrimination - Instrumental Sounds
Story Sounds 
Aspect 4: Rhythm and rhyme
Silly Soup
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Family Learning Activities
Phase 1 Activities
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 ​Phase 2 Letters and Sounds
  • Set 1
Set 3
Set 5
Set 2
Set 4
Phase 2 Sound Mat 
Take a look through this collection of early years phonics resources for home learning.
Oxford Owl
Phonics Bloom
Phonics Hero
Twinkl Phonics
Mr Thorne Does Phonics
Mr Thorne Does Phonics
Mr & Mrs Mouse and the Magical Alphabet House
Mr and Mrs Mouse
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Rhyme Crime
Rhyme Crime
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Supertato
Supertato
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Shark in the Park
Shark in the Park
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  • Home
    • Welcome
    • Location
    • Contact us
  • News
    • News Blog
    • Newsletters
    • Visitors
  • Our School
    • Our Values
    • Our Mission Statement
    • Our Staff
    • Our Films
    • Our Policies
    • Our Achievements
    • Our Nursery Building
    • Our History
  • Information
    • Term dates
    • Admissions
    • Organisation
    • School Lunches
    • Early Years Pupil Premium
    • Places for 3 & 4 year olds
    • Safeguarding Summary
    • Special Educational Needs and Disability
    • Self Evaluation Form
    • School Development Plan
    • OFSTED
    • GDPR
  • Families
    • Coronavirus Support >
      • School Communications COVID
      • Health and Hygiene
    • New Families
    • Working Together
    • Families Matter
    • School Home Support
    • What our community thinks
    • 30 Hour Provision + web links
    • Events and Celebrations
    • Workshops and Courses
    • Toy Library
    • Saturday Garden
    • Library Visits
    • Lunchtime
  • Outreach
    • Our Outreach Work
    • Articles, Research & Conferences
    • Resources >
      • THINC
      • Design Project
      • RKNS shopping
      • Learning Journeys
      • Special Books
      • RKNS using film
      • Courses
      • SEND/Inclusion
  • Governors
    • Governing Body
    • Rachel Keeling Governors
    • Statements
    • Annual Report to Parents
  • Learning
    • Curriculum >
      • Personal, Social & Emotional Development
      • Physical Development
      • Communication and Language
      • Literacy
      • Mathematics
      • Understanding the World
      • Expressive Arts and Design
    • Learning Gallery >
      • Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening
      • Performing and Playing Music
      • Learning Outside
      • Taking Risks and Being Independant
      • Being Creative
      • Showing Curiousity
      • Designing and Building
      • Cooking
      • Our Shoppers
      • Bike It
      • Science
      • Independent Projects
      • Research Projects
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    • Phonics
    • Mathematics at Home
    • Science
    • Nature Detectives
    • Sharing Stories
    • Tales Toolkit
    • Being Creative
    • Keeping Active