Waddington All Saints Y1/2

Dear Parents and Carers,

In the week beginning the Monday 13^th June 2016, all Year 1 pupils in the country will sit the National Phonics Screening Check. The phonics screening check is a short, light-touch assessment to confirm whether individual children have learnt phonic decoding skills to the expected standard for their age. This check will identify the children who have successfully consolidated their phonics skills and any children that require further support in Y2.

The phonics screening check will be constructed of 20 real words and 20 pseudo-words (nonsense words). The pseudo-words provide the purest assessment of phonic decoding because they will be new to all children, and so there will be no unintended bias based on visual memory of words or vocabulary knowledge. The pseudo-words will be presented with a picture prompt (a picture of an imaginary creature). This approach makes it clear to children that they are reading a pseudo-word, which they should not expect to be able to match to their existing vocabulary.

For more information please visit the government website on Phonics Screening.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/230810/Phonics_assessment_framework.PDF

Here is the 2013 Phonics Screening paper for you to look at and use with your child to practise https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/320637/STA136008e.pdf

There are lots for useful free resources available for you to use with your child.

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase5Menu.htm

http://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/phonics/play/

http://www.education.com/games/phonics/

There are also lots of Apps for Ipads and tablets that are child friendly to use, such as Phonics Genius, Hooked on Phonics, Hairy Phonics 1, 2 and 3 and pocket phonics.

Attached are some other real and pseudo-words (nonsense words) that you can practise at home.

If you have any further questions or requires please speak to myself or Mrs Wright.

Kind regards

Miss Heath

Y1 Teacher

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