Transcript Abbey Meads Community Primary School.

Phonic Screening Check
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Week of June 15 2015
What is the phonics screening check?
•It is a quick and easy check of your child’s phonics knowledge.
•Your child will sit with their teacher and be asked to read 40 words aloud.
•Some words will be new and some words your child will recognise. They will be a mix of real words
and non-words.
•It will take a few minutes but there is no time limit. The test is designed not to be stressful for your
child.
•Your child’s results will be written within the end of year report.
•Children who are not successful will be retested at the end of Year Two.
What are we looking for from your child?
The children need to sound out the word in front of them and blend it to form a fluent word.
park
Some words will be non-words - your child is familiar with these types of words. The idea is
that children cannot read the non-words by using memory and therefore have to use their
decoding skills.
jound
Is your child reading a word in the correct way?
•Video clip.
http://education.gov.uk/schools/teachingandlearning/assessment/keystage1/a00200415/p
honics
•Highlights fluency.
•Last word they say is the answer we have to take.
•Must use the correct pronunciation of a sound for words. e.g. blow, vead
•Accents/ specific pronunciation difficulties are taken into account
•Please practise using the phonics books you have at home.
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The children are familiar with playing games from the following
website which allows them to practise blending real and nonwords.
http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/
When we listen to children read we encourage them to recognise
the sounds that they have learnt and to apply them e.g. such,
light.
We use the e-books from Oxford Owl as an opportunity to apply
their decoding skills. Books can be selected at an appropriate level
for each individual.
http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/
Questions?