Phonics and Reading
Phonics and Early Reading
We want children to leave Silvertrees with a love of reading and the ability to decode and understand texts they read.
What we do in school:
Every child at Silvertrees receives a daily phonics or spelling lesson. We use our own synthetic systematic phonics programme based on Letters and Sounds. In Year 2 we use the Rising Stars Spelling programme.
- Children are taught the sounds and how to read and write these in words
- These are the sound:
- Children read in groups and individually with adults throughout the week
- Children bring home a ‘Guided Reading Books’, ‘Home Readers’ and Library Books
- To find out more, click on our curriculum statement
Guided Reading Book | Year Group |
Phonological Awareness | Reception |
Phase 2 Set 1 & 2 | |
Phase 2 Set 3 | |
Phase 2 Set 4 | |
Phase 2 Set 5 | |
Phase 3 Set 6 | |
Phase 3 Set 7 | |
Phase 3 Set 8 | |
Phase 3 Set 9 | |
Phase 4 | |
Year 1 | |
Phase 5a | |
Phase 5b | |
Phase 5c | |
Turquoise | |
Year 2 | |
Purple | |
Gold | |
White | |
Lime |
How you can help at home
- Encourage your child to reach the reading rewards:
Here's an overview of phonics teaching at Silvertrees
To find out more about phonics and reading at Silvertrees, click the documents below.