RWI Phonics
Intent
- All children at Alston Primary School will learn to read with accuracy and fluency, regardless of their background, needs or abilities.
- Children will leave Key Stage 1 with the reading skills to enable them to access the Key stage curriculum.
Implementation
- Use of the Read, Write, Inc (RWI) scheme to teach phonic skills throughout the school.
- Daily RWI in Reception, Year 1 and 2 until they complete the programme. Children are placed in groups based on a half termly assessment to ensure the teaching they receive is specific to them.
- 1 to 1 tutoring targeting unique gaps in the lowest, slowest progress children (Years R to 6).
- Coaching for all reading teachers, as required, by the Reading Leader.
- Practice Sessions, delivered weekly, by the Reading Leader.
- Development Days with RWI consultant each term.
- Half termly assessments to assess children’s phonics and reading ability.
- Afternoon phonics lesson focusing on accurate decoding.
- Year 1 RWI PSC assessments (Nov, Feb, May) to inform planning of afternoon sessions.
- Daily Story Time to embed pleasure for reading and a love of books across the whole school.
Impact
- All pupils including the weakest readers make sufficient progress to meet or exceed ARE. (See RWI expectations grid).
- High quality phonics teaching delivered by all reading teachers.
- Increase in the % of children who achieve the Early Learning Goals for Comprehension, Word Reading and Writing.
- All pupils to reach the required standard in the PSC.
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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School | 84% | 91% | 95% |
National | 81% | 82% | 82% |
Phonics at Alston 2021-22
- The national PSC was cancelled in both the summer of 2020 and 2021. The current Year 2 will all sit a PSC in November/ December 2021. Children not reaching the required standard will receive targeted support to help them to improve their phonic skills. They will then take the summer 2022 PSC.
- The current Year 1 will all sit the PSC in June 2022. Those not reaching the threshold will resit the check in the summer of 2023, when they are in Year 2