To understand how to teach the Letters and Sounds Phase 4 Programme.

Target Group Teachers or Teaching assistants in Reception or those practitioners supporting intervention groups in KS1/KS2

Course Content

In Phase 4 phonics, children will, among other things:

Practise reading and spelling CVCC words (‘such,’ ‘belt,’ ‘milk’ etc)

Practise reading and spelling high frequency words

Practise reading and writing sentences

Learn more tricky words, including ‘have,’ ‘like,’ ‘some,’ ‘little’

Children should now be blending confidently to work out new words. They should be starting to be able to read words straight off, rather than having to sound them out. They should also be able to write every letter, mostly correctly.

Trainer Information

Clare Shivnan-Taylor – SLE /Phonics Lead Bury LA