At West Haddon Primary School we teach Phonics using the Read, Write, Inc programme.  The is a systemic approach to the teaching of reading and it enables children to become accurate and speedy readers.

Throughout EYFS and KS1, daily phonics teaching takes place to ensure that children develop a secure grounding in phonics knowledge upon which their future progress in English will be based. They will also be taught to use a bank of high frequency words, according to the relevant phonic phases. This teaching is based on the Read Write Inc programme and may be supplemented by other small group work or 1-1 interventions for children who require additional support. In KS2, whilst most children will have acquired strong phonics skills, others may need further 1 to 1 phonics support.

Children are regularly assessed using the Read Write Inc assessments and Phonics Screening checks. This allows any children which have fallen off trajectory to receive daily intervention sessions.

To support the children outside of their phonics lessons, we provide the children with a rich reading environment. It is our belief that children should be engaged in the exploration of exciting and stimulating contexts for reading words with purposes for learning. Within class and around school, the children are surrounded by a love for reading and will regularly be exposed to shared, guided and independent reading. 

All children are screened in Phonics at the end of Year 1, those who do not reach the threshold are provided with intervention and re-take the phonics screening check in Year 2.