Phonics
At St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, we believe that all our children can become fluent readers and writers. This is why we teach reading through Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised, which is a systematic and synthetic phonics programme. We start teaching phonics in Nursery/Reception and follow the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised progression, which ensures children build on their growing knowledge of the alphabetic code, mastering phonics to read and spell as they move through school.
As a result, all our children are able to tackle any unfamiliar words as they read. At St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, we also model the application of the alphabetic code through phonics in shared reading and writing, both inside and outside of the phonics lesson and across the curriculum. We have a strong focus on language development for our children because we know that speaking and listening are crucial skills for reading and writing in all subjects.
Please use the following link for further information https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/.
Reading
At St Patrick’s RC Primary School we see Reading as an essential life skill and are committed to enabling our children to become lifelong readers. Our aims in teaching Reading include the following:
• To foster a positive attitude to literacy as an interesting and exciting part of the curriculum.
• To raise the standard of literacy across the school, for children of all abilities.
• To enable pupils to express and communicate meaning in spoken language, listening to and
interpreting what others say and matching style and response to audience, context and purpose.
• To provide pupils with a range of relevant and purposeful opportunities to develop their ability
to read, understand and engage with various types of text for enjoyment and learning.
• Apply their knowledge and understanding of phonics, spelling patterns and rules, grammar and
punctuation to reading and writing opportunities across the curriculum.
• To enable children to write effectively, using a cursive, joined handwriting style and showing a
development in fluency; making and shaping different texts appropriately, according to context,
purpose, reader or audience.
• Develop a technical vocabulary with understanding of grammatical terminology.
• Learn how to apply grammatical terminology in their own writing.
