Phonics & Assessments

 

Haymerle School follows the ‘Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised’ phonics scheme. This scheme provides a structured and consistent approach to the way that we teach phonics across the school. We tailor the pace of the learning according to the individual needs of the children, which allows our pupils to progress at their own pace, with the opportunity to repeat and revisit the content as they need to.

While Haymerle already has a dedicated assessment scheme for tracking progress in all areas of the curriculum, for phonics, we use an additional specific assessment system, which allows us to keep track of exactly where children are in the scheme, and what their reading level is.

We use the children’s reading levels to match them to specific reading books, which we use to support their reading in school and share with parents through the online E-Reader website.

Reading enables children to function successfully in our increasingly text-filled world, develops children’s vocabulary, understanding of the world and empathy. Reading is a core skill that has a direct impact in many other areas of learning so it is key for our children to develop a love of reading from as young an age as possible.

Please follow the link to access the Little Wandle Parent section on the website: Little Wandle for Parents