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Phonics

On this page you will find lots of great links and games to help you practice your phonics at home!

Mr Thorne Does Phonics

Here is a playlist of Mr Thorne Does Phonics videos which are great at helping support your child in their phonics.

Here are some more Mr Thorne Does Phonics videos but this time he is joined by his phonics friend Geraldine the Giraffe

Here are some more links to great activities for phonics:

A quick guide to phonics for parents

What is phonics?

The alphabet contains only 26 letters. Spoken English uses about 44 sounds (phonemes).

Once children begin learning sounds, they are used quickly to read and spell words.

Phoneme - a sound as it is said

Grapheme - a sound that is written

Digraph- two letters that work together to make the same sound

Trigraph - Three letters that work together to make the same sound

Split digraph - Two letters that work together to make the same sound, separated by another letter

If you want to find more out about phonics please open to Parents Guide to Phonics booklet below.

Phonics Sounds Mats

The Phase 2 sounds will initially be learnt in Foundation 2.

The Phase 3 sounds will initially be learnt in Foundation 2.

The Phase 5 sounds will be learnt in Foundation 2 and Year 1.