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Phonics and Reading at Emsworth Primary
Intent It is our intent for every child to leave Emsworth Primary School as a competent reader. We strive to develop each child’s love of reading as well as building reading mechanics through a systematic synthetic phonics approach. We want learning to read to be an enjoyable process for every child and we deliver Bug Club Phonics lessons that are highly engaging and inclusive for all. Our reading curriculum is broad and diverse, exposing our children to high quality literature and cultural themes. We support children’s reading journey through a multi-dimensional approach, giving children access to Bug Club texts, online books, our library service, Lexplore interventions and assessment.
Implementation We begin our implementation of reading through our systematic synthetic phonics programme- Bug Club Phonics. The programme follows an approach of synthesising phonemes associated with the graphemes a child sees; or quite simply, learning to read by blending the sounds associated with the letters a child sees. The programme is the product of extensive research on the best way to teach children how to read. Bug Club Phonics is a focus in Year R and KS1 however continues throughout KS2 if children require further phonics teaching. Bug Club Rapid is a subsequent programme delivered to children who require further support. Bug Club Guided Reading and Comprehension sessions are delivered throughout the school. Children are able to take home independent texts at an appropriate level to supplement their in school curriculum. Children learning phonics take home a decodable text which they can read and re-read with a parent to embed phonics teaching. Lexplore Reading Screening is carried out at multiple assessment points throughout the year in order for teachers to have accurate attainment for every child and plan their next steps to becoming a competent reader.
Impact The impact of our reading curriculum will enable every child to finish KS2 as a reader. We help children to discover a love of reading by placing literature at the heart of our curriculum. Our reading strategy combines the Bug Club Programme with rich text drivers and diverse guided reading curriculum. Our whole school reading ethos resonates throughout the school with reading incentives, reading celebration displays and reading areas in every classroom. All of the children value and make use of our library, added to in 2022 with a wonderful outdoor reading area where the children can enjoy a calm reading environment with access to cultural texts.
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Bug club phonics
Learning to read We have chosen to use the Bug Club Phonics programme to help your child learn to read. The programme follows an approach of synthesising phonemes associated with the graphemes a child sees; or quite simply, learning to read by blending the sounds associated with the letters a child sees. The reading books your child brings home are designed to support them in practising and consolidating the learning they do at school. They also enable children to experience the pleasure and pride of reading their own books. All the books in Bug Club Phonics have been finely-levelled to ensure that all children can read books at exactly the right level for them. There are also online versions for every printed title and a personalised website for each child. We change the phonetically decodable books once a week. This gives you the opportunity to read and reread the text with your child and help them to consolidate the phonics learning that is taking place in school. We ask for your cooperation in caring for the books and returning them weekly so that we can issue your child with their next book. We will continue to build our library of decodable reading texts but need every book returned before new ones are issued.
Using the printed books Inside every Bug Club Phonics printed book, there are notes to help you make the most of reading with your child. Inside front cover: there are suggestions of activities before your child starts reading, such as saying the sounds and practising blending them to make words, as well as strategies whilst your child is reading to you; for example, checking their understanding of the story or information on the page. Inside back cover: the activities here are to help your child consolidate what they have read and increase their fluency.
Using the online reading world If you have access to an internet connection, your child can enjoy reading Bug Club Phonics books online as well as in print. Each child has a unique homepage and can log into it by following these steps:
Reading a book online We allocate books to your child according to their reading levels. These books will appear in the ‘My Stuff’ area of their personal homepage. The eBooks have three main additional features to help your child. Find them in the ‘Independent’ section of ‘My Stuff’.
When your child has finished the book, clicked on the phoneme pronunciation guide and attempted the quiz question, they will earn ‘ActiveLearn Coins’. By reading more books, your child will earn enough coins to ‘buy’ a reward in one of the many reward schemes. When your child has finished a book, it will move to ‘My Library’. Children can read these books again if they want to, or they can choose new books from ‘My Stuff’.
Sharing reading When sharing a book with your child, try to take opportunities to talk about the book - before, during and after reading. Before reading: look at the book cover and talk about your child’s expectations. Is the book likely to be fiction or non-fiction? Have you read other books together about these characters or by this author? What does your child think the book is going to be about? While reading: support your child when unknown words need tackling: you can sound them out, split them into syllables, or identify suffixes and prefixes. Remind your child to listen to the words while reading them, to make sure that they make sense. Have a ‘meaning check’ every now and again to ensure that your child understands the text. After reading: talk about the book. What was it about? Did it match your child’s expectations? Ask questions beginning with the words how and why to check that your child has been able to read between the lines. Ask whether anything seemed puzzling. Then ask your child to explain what the best and worst bits of the book were, and why.
Need help? If your child is having trouble using the pupil world, help can be found in the Help Section of ActiveLearn Primary (in the top right-hand corner of the website). Please note: We strongly recommend using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox web browsers with ActiveLearn. If you prefer to use Internet Explorer, please check you have at least IE9 in order for everything to work as it should. Further information about Bug Club Phonics and how it meets the DfE validation criteria can be accessed in the link below.
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Reading Curriculum Map 2022-2023
Reading with your child in Early Years and Key Stage 1
There are a variety of ways to support your child’s reading progress at home:
1) Read your child’s phonics book with them. This book will have a rectangular sticker on the front with a phase that is specific to your child’s phonics lessons in school. All the books in Bug Club Phonics have been finely levelled to ensure that all children can read books at exactly the right level for them. What’s more, there are online versions for every printed title. We will be changing the phonetically decodable books once a week. This will give you chance to read and reread the text with your child and help them to consolidate the phonics learning that is taking place in school. We ask for your cooperation in caring for the books we have invested in and returning them weekly so that we can issue your child with the next book that they require. We will continue to build our library of decodable reading texts but need every book returned before new ones are issued.
2) Read your child’s spot book with them. This book can be changed daily or whenever your child has completed the text. The books will follow a colour-coded progression as they continue to develop their reading skills. These books will expose children to words that are not always phonetically decodable and will support their wider reading.
3) Read books online with Bug Club Phonics. Your child’s teacher will send home codes in order for you to access a personalised website for your child. Using these codes, you will gain access to online texts that have been set to support their reading curriculum in school. You will be given an allocation of books that are right level for your child. Please note that books read online will be celebrated and rewarded in the same way as paper texts at school.
4) Read widely. Please make as much use as possible of our school library. Children will be encouraged to change books weekly. We also recommend that you encourage a love of reading by enjoying books that you have at home and exploring new texts by visiting community libraries.
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Reading with your child in Key Stage 21) Read your child’s spot book with them. This will be changed weekly in order to give your child time to read and reread the text. The books will follow a colour-coded progression as they continue to develop their reading skills throughout Key Stage 2. The reading book your child brings home will be appropriate to your child's reading age and level.
2) Read books online with Bug Club. Your child’s teacher will send home codes in order for you to access a personalised website for your child. Using these codes, you will gain access to online texts that have been set to support their reading curriculum in school. You will be given an allocation of books that are right level for your child. Please note that books read online will be celebrated and rewarded in the same way as paper texts at school.
(3) Read widely. Please make as much use as possible of our school library. Children will be encouraged to change books weekly. We also recommend that you encourage a love of reading by enjoying books that you have at home and exploring new texts by visiting community libraries.
*There are a small number of children who may need to continue with phonics in Key Stage 2. They will be supported at home by continuing to take a weekly additional phonics book to compliment their learning in school. |
