Subject Leader: Miss Chloe Wildman

At Brookfield, we are passionate about helping every child become a confident and enthusiastic reader. We teach phonics using the highly successful Read Write Inc. Phonics programme, which provides children with the essential skills they need to read, write and spell with confidence. Phonics teaching begins in Reception and continues throughout Year 1 and beyond, ensuring that all children receive the support and challenge they need to make strong progress. Through daily, engaging phonics lessons, children learn to recognise sounds, blend them to read words and develop fluency in their reading. We closely monitor children's progress and provide targeted support where needed so that every child can achieve success. We also work in partnership with families to support children's phonics development and foster a lifelong love of reading.

You can also find useful videos in the parent information tab to help you as a parent support your child's phonic learning at home.

Spellings

Spelling at Brookfield is developed through:

• The systematic teaching of phonics in EYFS and KS1 using the Read Write Inc. programme and the recurrent teaching of spelling strategies and conventions following completion of this programme and through KS2 using the Read Write Inc. Spelling for Year 2 to Year 6.
• Developing an increasingly wide knowledge of vocabulary and grammar skills that are taught implicitly and explicitly from Year 1 through to Year 6 following the Lancashire Scheme of work which has been developed with the Lancashire Advsory Team.  Regular dictionary and thesaurus work is built into lessons to support spelling.
• Use of word banks and spell checks.
• Regular opportunities to identify and use spellings within a context.

To view the spellings that your children should know by the end of their year group - please see individual Class Pages.