Phonics

Unit 1 to Unit 8 are covered as shown below:

Reception

• Unit 1: s a t i p n ck ck e h r (Modules 1 & 2)
• Unit 2a: m d g o u l ll f ff ss b j y (Modules 1 & 2)
• Unit 2+: v w -x z -zz qu ch sh -ng -nk (Modules 3 & 4)
• Unit 2b: ai ay w oa ow ie igh le o a e i o u y (Modules 3 & 4)
• Unit 3: ee or z zz wh ea ea se ze (Modules 5 & 6)
• Unit 4: ng nk v ve oo oo y ey x ch sh th (Modules 5 & 6)

Year 1

• Unit 5: qu ou ow oi oy ue er ar ce ge se (Module 1)
• Unit 5+: er ir ur a-e e-e i-e o-e u-e air  -are ear (Module 2)
• Unit 6 and 6 Extra: c g oe i-e e-e o-a a-e u-e air are  ear ere (Module 3)
• eer ear ere ier ir ur ear (w)or our si s ge ture x f ph or au aw ie ch ou ew ti ci ssi kn wr mb st (Modules 4-6)

Year 2

• Unit 7: -le -il -al aw au al oar oor our ch tch ge dge x kn wr mb sc gu bu ch rh
• Unit 8: sh ch ti ci ssi /zh/ si s z g ge ou ous ph gh ch wa qua war gn st

Unit 9 to Unit 12 are used in Key Stage 2.

More information about Phonics International can be found in the Phonics International – Guidance Book and Phonics International – Brief Overview (linked here).

Government Phonics Screening

Every year, Year 1 pupils undertake a compulsory Phonics Screening to assess their ability to decode real and pseudo (fake) words. It is a national assessment and therefore it is statutory.

One teacher will assess all of our year 1 pupils and the screening is done on a one-to-one basis. The pupils will be presented with one word at a time. This word will either be a real word or an “alien” word and will contain phonemes (sounds) from unit 1 to unit 6 of Phonics International. They are to then successfully segment and blend each word. There are 40 words to be decoded and the children will receive a score for this. The pass mark is unknown until all scores nationally are submitted.

At the Hundred of Hoo Academy, we teach Phonics on a daily basis in EYFS and Key Stage 1.