St Margaret'sC of E Primary School

Securing the Basics 2 teaches children at least one spelling for 18 of the 44 spellings of the English language .

Securing the Basics 2 Phonics Progression Reception

When children have secured the Basics 2 content teaching will progress to Basics 3. The children will be taught the further 246 of the 44 sounds of the English language. Children will be taught the specific vocabulary of digraph and trigraph.

Basics 3 Phonics Reception

In the summer term children in Reception will be taught to hear more than 3 sounds in a word. They will continue to embed their mastery of the Basics 2 and 3 spellings and sounds in words and progress to 4, 5 ,and 6 sounds in words.

Basics 4 Reception and Year 1

In Reception we learn to segement spoken words into indiviual sounds. This helps us to spell words. To begin with we use magnetic letters and then progress onto writing the letters.

EYFS Phonics

Our children practise and apply their phonic knowledge through their own child led learning. Our key text often motivates children to record and write. Here you can see some writing about a dog at the vets. A doctors surgery provided the motivation to record the patient's ailments. We also have a banana challenge in Reception. Children are encouraged to read a word before eating their banana

Practising and Applying in Continuous Provision