Fun with Phonics is designed for young learners. Our 3-level approach (Ready! Steady! Go!) uses interactive activities, games, puppets, puzzles, stories, and songs to make phonics fun and effective. Students master phonics essentials and build a solid foundation in reading, writing, and spelling, developing confidence and strong communication skills.
There are three distinct levels in the Fun with Phonics programme - Ready!, Steady!, and Go! Before enrolment, students are assessed by Lorna Whiston Schools and placed at the appropriate level.
Each level focuses on building up students' current capabilities, ensuring that students grasp concepts fully. Once teachers have assessed the student to meet the learning outcomes of the level, they can progress to the next level.
Students get ready to start reading by knowing the letter names and their associated sounds at this level. We aim to introduce the initial letter names, sounds, and shapes. They will also master the concept of vowels. Upon grasping these concepts, students will then learn simple blending.
At the end of this level, students will be able to:
At this level, the students steadily build up confidence in blending. Other than reviewing the concepts learnt in Ready!, students will start to work on blending consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words. They will then work on consonant digraphs (two letters that make one sound) like ‘sh’, ‘ch’, ‘th’, and consonant blends and begin to look at CCVC words. At this level, they will practise recognising high-frequency words, otherwise known as sight words.
At the end of this level, students will be able to:
Blend sounds together to read CVC words
Identify and use word families
Apply their knowledge of phonics to reading
Begin to read words with consonant blends and consonant digraphs
At this level, the students can now read a good number of high-frequency words and are confident in blending words. In this programme, the children will review CVC words, blend CCVC and continue to grasp more complex sounds like vowel digraphs, silent ‘e’, long ‘a’ words, and word families such as ‘ight’. They will also continue to work on using their phonics to help them with spelling when writing.
At the end of this level, students will be able to:
Read words with vowel digraphs and diphthongs (a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable)
Attempt to break down longer words to read them
Attempt to spell unknown words
Apply their knowledge of phonics to assist with writing
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