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Phonics Zone

Welcome to our Phonics Zone...

The teaching of Early Reading and Phonics is a strong focus for us here at SMFR, as reading truly is the key to all other learning. We are committed to nurturing confident readers, who LOVE books and encourage you to support this at home - as even 5 minutes a day makes a HUGE difference. 

You will need a log in for our Reading Eggs platform to support early reading. Ask your teacher if you don't have one... laugh

  • FFT Success for All Phonics is our embedded Phonics programme, that starts in nursery, and supports this vital aspect of your child's learning. Please access the Parent Portal here: https://parents.fft.org.uk/ If you need the access code, please do request this through the school office. 

  • Reading Eggs Reading Eggs is great for helping your reading skills and has a fun Phonics section which our children like. You can find your child's log in at the front of their Reading Record. Please ues this to encourage your child to engage with early reading. 

  • The Lightening Squad: We do run a catch up programme that you may be given a log in to, to support your child at home. Your teacher will give you a letter (with a log in and password) if your child is doing this in school, so that you can do this at home. https://fft.org.uk/literacy/catchup/

  • Letters & Sounds Here you can find resources and activities to support you learning Phonics. Parents, feel free to ask your child's teacher if you would like to know their current Phonics Phase to access appropriate resources and games. Below are the expectations for each year group that will help you choose games that align with what we are teachinghere at school. 

Phase 1

Year Group / Age: Nursery / Pre-school (Ages 3–4)

Focus: Speaking, listening, environmental sounds, rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration.

Phase 2

Year Group / Age: Reception - Autumn term (Ages 4–5)

Focus: Learning single-letter sounds and simple blending/segmenting. 

Phase 3

Year Group / Age: Reception - Spring/Summer terms (Ages 4–5)

Focus: Introducing digraphs (two letters making one sound like 'sh') and trigraphs (three letters like 'igh').

Phase 4

Year Group / Age: Reception - End of Summer term / Year 1 review (Ages 5–6)

Focus: Consolidating previous knowledge and blending adjacent consonants (words with CCVC/CVCC structures like frog or milk)

Phase 5

Year Group / Age: Year 1 (Ages 5–6)

Focus: Learning alternative spellings and pronunciations for long vowel sounds (preparing for the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check).

Phase 6

Year Group / Age: Year 2 (Ages 6–7)

Focus: Spelling rules, prefixes, suffixes, past tense, and developing reading fluency.

  • Phonics Play This is an interactive resource to support each Phonics Phase.

  • BBC Deep Sea Phonics Here are some videos to support your child's Phonic knowledge.

  • Family Phonics Here are a range of games the whole family can get involved in.

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