Phonics at St Bernadette
'Phonics is the combination of sounds and symbols. It opens the door to reading.'
Nursery being introduced to initial sounds.
Whole-class daily phonics lessons.
Opportunities to embed phonics skills during child-initiated learning time.
Reception- learning how to write CVC words.
Inclusive provision so all children make progress in phonics.
Early in Year 1- working on the skill of segmenting to spell.
Year 1- using phonics to write sentences.