Phonics at Bearnes
At Bearnes, we understand the importance reading ability has on every pupils journey through education and life. With this at the forefront of our minds, we have designed a high quality, robust and systematic approach to our phonics teaching.
The core elements of our phonics teaching programme stem from Bug Club Phonics, due to its systematic and synthetic approach to phonics teaching. Every pupil, at Bearnes, receives high quality phonics teaching that helps our pupils develop their reading, writing, spelling and those most important communication skills. The key skills developed during a pupils early stages of education at Bearnes enables them to feel confident to read fluently. Our approach means that every pupil receives targeted and high quality support as they embark on their early reading journey. Phonics is a priorty at Bearnes and is taught daily in Early Years and Year 1.
Interventions
At Bearnes, children who need additional phonics support are identified quickly through ongoing assessment and teacher observations. Teachers plan and track detailed, precise interventions that target each child’s specific gaps. These structured sessions are delivered promptly to ensure misconceptions are addressed and progress is accelerated. As a result, children receive timely, focused support that helps them secure essential phonics knowledge as quickly as possible.
Aims
- To teach our pupils aural discrimination, phonemic awareness and rhyme awareness to support in the application of reading and writing.
- To encourage repetition and consolidation, so that decoding and the skills of segmenting and blending are automatic and aid reading fluidity.
- To learn to read and write all 44 graphemes in the English language.
- To learn specific strategies to help pupils remember common exception words.
- To apply their phonic knowledge across all curriculum areas.
If you have any questions about phonics or need further support, please do not hesitate to contact Miss Bassett - English Lead.
Phonics schedule of teaching and assessment 2025-2026
Early Reading Journey 2023 - 2024
