Phonics
'Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.'
Chinese Proverb
At St Benedict’s, we believe that all our children can become fluent readers and writers. This is why we teach reading through Floppy’s Phonics, which is a systematic and synthetic phonics programme. We start teaching phonics in Reception and follow Floppy’s Phonics progression, which ensures children build on their growing knowledge of the alphabetic code, mastering phonics to read and spell as they move through the school. As a result, all our children are able to tackle any unfamiliar words as they read.
At St Benedict’s Primary School, we also model the application of the alphabetic code through phonics in shared reading and writing, both inside and outside of the phonics lesson and across the curriculum. We have a strong focus on language development for our children because we know that speaking and listening are crucial skills for reading and writing in all subjects.
