Phonics in Year 1
Children in Year 1 have access to high quality daily phonics teaching for 30 minutes every day. Phonics skills are also embedded in writing and reading tasks across all areas of provision which is used within the classroom to provide challenge. Year 1 children practise reading ‘Alien’ or pseudo words in readiness for the Phonic Screening Check and to give them the confidence to read any word. Children should aim to read and write all the common exception words for Years 1 as listed in the National Curriculum 2014.