Phonics Teaching 

At St Francis CE Primary School, we believe that all our children can become fluent readers and writers.

We use the DfE validated systematic synthetic phonics Supersonic Phonic Friends:

We have chosen this scheme for the following reasons:

• Child friendly characters and illustrations underpin the scheme. They are easy to remember with accompanying rhyming phrases.
• The scheme is committed to supporting child-led learning and the idea ‘play is the way’ in the Early Years Foundation Stage.
• Every lesson is fun and engaging. The lessons are enriched with movement, a fundamental pre-writing skill and maximising learning connections.

You can meet the characters here and find out how they help with your child’s learning:

Who's who and what do they do?

Supersonic Phonic Friends have created videos to support parents:

• Basics 2 Alliterative Rhymes and Actions

•  Basics 3 Alliterative Rhymes and Actions

• Supersonic Phonic Friends Helpful Phrases and Actions 

Supersonic Phonic Friends has a clear progression which sets out the expectations for progress term-by-term from Nursery to Year 2.

Supersonic Phonic Friends Phonic Progression

To find out more about Supersonic Phonic Friends click here.

At St Francis CE 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.

Phonics is taught daily by the class teacher and teaching assistants with additional support provided for children who require it. All staff delivering phonics sessions are fully trained and receive regular refreshers to ensure consistency and quality of provision.