At Hogarth Academy, we teach phonics systematically from nursery to year 2 every day of the week through the Read Write Inc Programme. Children are assessed every 6 weeks by the phonics lead and placed into homogeneous groups depending upon their phonetic decoding skills.
Each group is led and taught by a RWI trained member of staff. During every session, the teacher delivers content appropriate to the group’s reading level. Some sessions solely focus on the teaching of the Set 1 speed sounds, others focus on a sound alongside a ditty or storybook which is changed weekly. The phonics session is broken up into 2 parts. The first part of the lesson lasts for 10-20 minutes and is referred to as the ‘speed sounds’ part of the lesson. The second part (depending on the group’s ability) allows the children to read their in-school RWI book practising their fluency and comprehension skills.
Any child in KS2 will have daily access to additional phonics sessions dependent on their needs/abilities. Assessments will be carried out by the Phonics lead and monitored regularly. The RWI Fast track programme is also available to assist KS2 children with more age appropriate texts/vocabulary.
RWI- information for parents can be found here: www.ruthmiskin.com/parents/
