Developing early reading and teaching phonics is more essential than ever.
“In reaching an evaluation against the ‘quality of education’ judgement, inspectors will consider whether … the school has developed sufficient expertise in the teaching of phonics and reading.”
OFSTED
The aim of this course is:
- To understand the important of phonics in reading and writing
- To know what children need to be taught
- To develop good phonics subject knowledge
- To develop strategies to ensure effective phonics training
The course covers the following:
- What is phonics and why is it important?
- Terminology
- Grapheme-Phoneme correspondences
- Successful decoding and encoding
- Segmenting and blending
- Long vowel digraphs
- Difficulties with phonics
- Phonics lessons
- A sequential approach to reading
- Spelling into Key Stage 2
- The OFSTED inspection process and outcomes – key questions
This course is aimed at:
- Teachers
- Teachers new to EYFS and KS1
- English leads
- Teaching Assistants
- Learning Support Assistants
- HLTAs
- Early Career Teachers
This course is for the whole day from 9.30 am until 3.30 pm and there will be activities for candidates to complete.
