Helping at Home
Spring Term
Photo Story…
Spring 1 Topic:
Who Can I Ask for Help?
Who can I ask for help at home?
Who can I ask for help at school?
What do Superheroes do to help?
How is Chinese New Year celebrated?
When should I call 999?
When I grow up I would like to be…
Phonics Overview
Phase One
Phase Two
Phase Three
Phase Four
Phase Five
Phase Six
Key Vocabulary…
Segmenting: breaking up words into their individual
sounds so that we can spell a word.
Blending: putting individual sounds together so that
we can read a word.
Phoneme: the smallest unit of sound in a word.
Grapheme: the letter or letters that represent the
phoneme.
Key Vocabulary…
Digragh: Two letters that make one sound e.g. sh, th
Trigraph: Three letters that make one sound e.g. Igh
Split diagragh: Two letters that are split and make
one sound e.g. a- e = late.
Phase 2 Phonics
Set 1:
s
a
t
p
Set 2:
i
n
m
d
Set 3:
g
o
c
k
Set 4:
ck
e
u
r
Set 5:
h
b
f
ff
l
ll
ss
Phase 2 Tricky Words
the
to
no
go
I
Phase 3 Phonics
Set 6:
j
v
w
x
Set 7:
y
z
zz
qu
Consonant digraphs:
ch
sh
th
ng
Vowel digraphs and
trigraphs :
ai
ee
igh
oa
oo
ar
or
ur
ow
oi
ear
air
ure
er
During Phase 3, children will
also learn the letter names
using an alphabet song
Phase 3 Tricky Words
he
she
we
me
be
was
you
they
all
are
my
her
Phase 4
In Phase 4, no new graphemes are
introduced. The main aim of this phase is to
consolidate the children's knowledge and to
help them learn to read and spell words
which have adjacent consonants, such as
trap, string and milk. All the sounds must be
heard within the word.
Phase 4 Tricky Words
said
have
like
so
do
some
come
were
there
little
one
when
out
what
Phase 5
In phase 5 we introduce split diagraghs. They are
a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e and u_e. The two letters work
as a team but they arent directly next to each
other.
In Phase Five, children will learn more graphemes
and phonemes. For example, they already know
‘ai’ as in rain, but now they will be introduced to
ay as in day and a-e as in make.
Alternative pronunciations for graphemes will
also be introduced, e.g. ea in tea, head and
break.
Jolly Phonics
Phonics Play
Packed with interactive phonics games
and resources to help children to learn
to hear phonemes, recognise graphemes
and develop skills that are vital for
learning to read and spell.
Reading
Ten Town
Thelma
Three
King
One
Tommy
Two
Fiona
Five
Freddie
Four
Seal
Six
Eric
Eight
Sir
Seven
Ten Town
Pond
Nina
Nine
Mathletics
Useful websites…
www.devonshire.bolton.sch.uk
www.phonicsplay.co.uk
www.mathletics.co.uk
www.topmarks.co.uk
Useful Apps…
 Pocket phonics
 Hairy phonics
 Little Skywriters
 Timmy’s number tracing
 Ladybird maths
Any Questions?