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Caverstede Nursery School

Phonics

Aims and Objectives

It is our aim to ensure that our children:

Leave nursery with the key skills needed to develop as fluent readers and writers.

  • Develop speaking and listening skills as preparation for learning Phase 2 Phonics at school.

Principles

A broad and language rich curriculum is at the heart of learning at Caverstede Nursery School. Letters and Sounds Phase 1, Aspects 1-7 is used to support and teach children’s early phonic knowledge and learning.

Practices and Procedures

Phase One is taught within Nursery. The children are taught:

Aspect 1 – General sound discrimination – environmental

The aim of this aspect is to raise children’s awareness of the sounds around them and to develop their listening skills

Aspect 2 – General sound discrimination – instrumental sounds

This aspect aims to develop children’s awareness of sounds made by various instruments and noise makers

Aspect 3 – General sound discrimination – body percussion

The aim of this aspect is to develop children’s awareness of sounds and rhythms

Aspect 4 – Rhythm and rhyme

This aspect aims to develop children’s appreciation and experiences of rhythm and rhyme in speech

Aspect 5 – Alliteration

The focus is on listening to the initial sounds of words

Aspect 6 – Voice sounds

The aim is to distinguish between different vocal sounds and to begin oral blending and segmenting

Aspect 7 – Oral blending and segmenting

In this aspect, the main aim is to develop oral blending and segmenting skills

Phonic sessions are multi-sensory and are applied throughout the nursery curriculum

Caverstede and beyond

The activities introduced in Phase 1 are intended to continue throughout the following phases, as lots of practice is needed before children will become confident in their phonic knowledge and skills.

If you would like to find out more about phonics at Caverstede please speak to a member of the classroom staff.