READING
Reading is an important part of daily life at our school and children are encouraged to read from a young age. Children begin to develop a love of books from entry into Nursery; this is also where we begin our delivery of Letters and Sounds synthetic phonics. When children move into Reception, daily synthetic phonics teaching becomes part of the delivered curriculum. The children are at this point introduced to Monster Phonics, a programme the school uses to deliver daily phonics lessons. Children take books home that are aligned to the sounds they are learning at home. This is also linked to the school reading programme which follows children until they reach free reader status.
As children move through Year 2, they transition to Guided Reading lessons which carry on through to Year 6. Alongside the structured phonics sessions and the guided reading sessions, children are encouraged to always have a second book they are reading for pleasure.
As children move through Year 2, they transition to Guided Reading lessons which carry on through to Year 6. Alongside the structured phonics sessions and the guided reading sessions, children are encouraged to always have a second book they are reading for pleasure.
PHONICS
Phonics is a way of teaching children how to read and write. It helps children hear, identify and use different sounds that distinguish one word from another in the English language. Written language can be compared to a code, so knowing the sounds of individual letters and how those letters sound when they’re combined will help children decode words as they read. Understanding phonics will also help children know which letters to use when they are writing words.
Phonics involves matching the sounds of spoken English with individual letters or groups of letters. For example, the sound k can be spelled as c, k, ck or ch. Teaching children to blend the sounds of letters together helps them decode unfamiliar or unknown words by sounding them out. For example, when a child is taught the sounds for the letters t, p, a and s, they can start to build up the words: “tap”, “taps”, “pat”, “pats” and “sat”.
Princess Frederica uses Monster Phonics to support the teaching of phonics. Children start phonics sessions in Nursery and carry on through Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. Children are assessed in Year 1 on their phonics ability in June in the Phonics Screen.
Please visit the phonics page to find out more information about the school's approach to phonics and helpful resources.
Phonics involves matching the sounds of spoken English with individual letters or groups of letters. For example, the sound k can be spelled as c, k, ck or ch. Teaching children to blend the sounds of letters together helps them decode unfamiliar or unknown words by sounding them out. For example, when a child is taught the sounds for the letters t, p, a and s, they can start to build up the words: “tap”, “taps”, “pat”, “pats” and “sat”.
Princess Frederica uses Monster Phonics to support the teaching of phonics. Children start phonics sessions in Nursery and carry on through Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. Children are assessed in Year 1 on their phonics ability in June in the Phonics Screen.
Please visit the phonics page to find out more information about the school's approach to phonics and helpful resources.
READING OVERVIEW
The overview below outlines the school's approach to reading including its over-arching aims, how it implements strategies to move towards those aims and and what that will look like in children.
| Reading Overview PDF |
READING OVERVIEW: A Guide for Parents and Carers
Working in collaboration with parents and carers is key. The document below helps parents and carers understand what the school's approach to reading is and how this approach can be supported at home.
| A Reading Overview for Parents and Carers at PF |
COLOUR BANDED READING SCHEME
| Colour Banded Reading Scheme PDF |
RECOMMENDED READING LIST AND SCHOOL TESTIMONIALS
Please see the reviews below from visiting authors about the school. You will also find a recommended reading list that gives ideas on the kinds of books children may enjoy reading and are pitched at their age group. All books on the list are well known to Princess Frederica and are recommended as suitable for the age-groups outlined on the attached documents.
| school_testimonials.pdf |
| nursery_reading_list.pdf |
| reception_reading_list.pdf |
| year_1_reading_list.pdf |
| year_2_reading_list.pdf |
| year_3_reading_list.pdf |
| year_4_reading_list.pdf |
| year_5_reading_list.pdf |
| year_6_reading_list.pdf |
WRITING
To find out more about how the school teaches writing, please click on the link below.
ENGLISH CURRICULUM PRESENTATION
| the_english_curriculum_at_princess_frederica_2020.pdf |
