Supporting your child learn phonics

At All Saints C of E Primary School we use the Bug Club programme  to underpin our phonics provision in the early years and key stage one. 

When introduced to a new letter sound we teach the name of the letter, the sound it makes and what it looks like.  Over the course of a week children are taught to blend and segment sounds to read and spell for meaning.  We do this in an active way to ensure children are actively having fun while learning.

Letter Progression

Set : s a t p

Set : i n m d

Set : g o c k

Set : ck e u r

Set : h b f, ff l, ll ss

When children are able to blend (blending for reading) and segment (segmenting for spelling) these sounds when reading and writing they are able to move onto the next series of sounds.

Letter Progression

Set : j v w x

Set: y z, zz qu

Graphemes	Sample Words	Graphemes	Sample words
ch	chip	ar	farm
sh	shop	or	for
th	thin/then	ur	hurt
ng	ring	ow	cow
ai	rain	oi	coin
ee	feet	ear	dear
igh	feet	air	fair
oa	night	ure	sure
oo	boot/look	er	corner

During this phase, children learn that a combination of two or three letters can make one sound.

When children are able to blend and segment these sounds when reading and writing they are able to move onto the next series of sounds.

Graphemes	Sample Words	Graphemes	Sample words
ay	day	oy	boy
wh	when	a-e	make
ou	out	ir	girl
ph	photo	e-e	these
ie	tie	ue	blue
ew	new	i-e	like
ea	eat	aw	saw
oe	toe	au	Paul
o-e	home	u-e	rule
ow	cow, blow	ie	tie
ou	out, shoulder	er	farmer, her

Once children are secure blending and segmenting all graphemes they are able to move onto to spelling rules and grammar.  This phase is generally in Year two.

• Introducing and teaching the past tense
• Investigating and learning how to add suffixes
• Teaching spelling long words
•  Finding and learning the difficult parts in word

For more information about how to support your child with phonics please see your child's class teacher.