Phonics Screening Check Meeting 6 th February 2019 Phonics Testing - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Stanville Primary School Phonics Screening Check Meeting 6 th February 2019

Phonics Testing for Y1 – Why? The government thinks testing is a positive thing that informs everyone about how well children and schools are doing… …of course not everyone agrees with this opinion!

Phonics Screening for Year 1 • All children will be given 40 words to read • Some of the words are real and some of the words are fake (alien words) • The children know if it is a fake word as there is a picture of an alien next to it • All of the words are made up of sounds they have been taught in class • Since the testing started the pass mark has been 32, but it could change anytime

Phonics – benefits! • Using phonics is one way that children learn to read • It provides children with a strategy to use when they have never seen a word before. Phonics – but… • There are other ways in which children can learn to read, but these are not tested. • Also being able to read a word on its own is not the same as being able to read a word in a sentence and give meaning to it.

Phonics – When and how long? • The phonics Screening will take place the week beginning Monday 10 th June • Each child will be tested on their own • The same teacher will test all of the children in the year group • The screening lasts no longer than 15 minutes

Phonics Screening – What is the test like?

What your child is currently doing at school to prepare Phonics Screening preparation • All of the children in year 1 have a daily phonics session for 30 minutes • Children are encouraged to use phonics during their daily English lessons when reading and writing • Past screening checks are used to check children’s phonics progress and make sure that they are used to the screening format • Children are targeted depending on their phonics screening score and given small group or 1:1 phonics interventions

What your child could do at home in addition Here are some useful websites that you can use at home: http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/ http://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/ http://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7- years/letters-and-sounds http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html The school also have subscriptions to the following websites- please see your child’s class teacher for the login details. www.phonicsplay.co.uk www.literacyplanet.co.uk Espresso- can be accessed via the school website.