Transcript Year 1 Phonic Screening Check

Year 1 Phonic Screening
Check
Thursday 21st April 2016
9.00 am
What is phonics?
• Simply the relationship between
letters and sounds in a language.
• Words are made up of small units of
sounds called phonemes.
• Phonics teaches children to identify
the phonemes that make up each
word.
What is phonics? (cont)
Phonemes ( a sound in a word)
e.g. c a t (3 phonemes)
Graphemes (letters or sequences of
letters that represent a phoneme, can
be 1,2,3,4 letters)
e.g.
f-i-sh
NOT f-i-s-h
kn-igh-t NOT k-n-i-g-h-t
sh-i-p
NOT s-h-i-p
What is phonics? (cont)
Blending
This is when children say the sounds that make a
word and they are able to merge the sounds
together until they hear what the word is.
Vital for learning to read!
Segmenting
The opposite to blending, children say a word and
break it up into the phonemes that make it up.
Vital for learning to spell!
What are the Year 1
Phonic Screening Checks?
• A short, nationally directed, 1:1 test
for all Year 1 pupils conducted by
their class teacher.
• This test assesses whether each
child has learnt phonic decoding to an
appropriate level.
Why does my child have
to undertake this check?
• It is a statutory requirement for all
schools.
• To make sure that all pupils have
grasped fundamental phonics skills
and to see that nobody slips through
the net.
When will my child
complete the check?
• All checks will take place during the
week beginning the 13th June 2016.
Who administers the
check to my child?
• Each child will undertake the check
with their class teacher in a quiet
room away from the rest of the
class.
How are the checks
administered?
• Low-key, no fuss, relaxed.
• The check comprises of a list of 40 words
and non-words (these are referred to as
pseudo words/ alien words).
• Half the words cover phonics skills which
tend to be covered in Reception, and half
the words are based on Year 1 phonics
skills.
• Your child needs to read the words to
their teacher correctly.
Examples of words
Words
Section 1
(Reception)
Section 2
(Year 1)
Non-words
cat (cvc)
wish (cvcc)
vap (cvc)
geck (cvcc)
slide (ccvcc)
trains (ccvvc)
voo (cvv)
spron (cccvc)
Pseudo-words are included because they will be new to
all pupils, so there won’t be a bias to those with a good
vocabulary knowledge or visual memory of words.
What happens if my child
does not reach the
standard?
• You will be informed, via the school report,
if your child has not achieved the
expected level.
• Extra support, both in Year 1 and Year 2,
will be provided for children who did not
reach the national standard.
• These children will then be able to re-take
the assessment in Year 2.
Any questions?