At St Lawrence, we use the Sounds-Write phonics programme to teach our children to read, spell and write.  

It is a multisensory, highly structured program which enables consistency across our school. Find more about the program following this link, which also includes an introductory video About | Sounds Write Sounds Write - first rate phonics | An exciting, new approach to the teaching of reading, spelling and writing An exciting, new approach to the teaching of reading, spelling and writing (sounds-write.co.uk

The children will learn that letters are symbols for sounds. They will begin by learning to read and spell 2 and 3 letter words, before moving on to words with up to 6 letters.  The children will then move onto the “extended code” which teaches children that sounds can be spelt in different ways, e.g ae in play, rain, steak, eight, fake and that one spelling can make different sounds such as ea in break and beak.  As the children go up through the school they will use the skills taught in EYFS, Year One and Two to read and spell words with more than one syllable by looking at the meaning of each part of the word.

Each Autumn term we run a parent workshop about Sounds Write phonics and how to help at home. Please look out for details of this.