Spotlight On… Phonics

We know that learning phonics is really important for younger students, especially to help them learn all about the sounds that make up words and to assist them in spelling and decoding words.

That's just why we wanted to stop by and let you know all about the phonics content EducationCity has on offer in its English/Literacy modules to help teachers.

To make sure students are learning all areas of phonics in the order you want them to, EducationCity's phonics Activities are available via three programmes, those being Letters and Sounds, Jolly Phonics, and Read Write.

Where Can I Find the Phonics Content?

Simply go to the English/Literacy module and select the relevant level for your region:

  • England: F2 & Year 1
  • Scotland: Early*, Early** & Early***
  • Wales: Nursery & Reception
  • N. Ireland: Pre-School & P1

Producer's Pick: Top Five Phonics Activities

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We’ve worked with our Lead Producer for English, Heather, to get the lowdown on the top Phonics content which you should check out! Simply type the content title into Search to find them.

Activities

A split vowel digraph Activity:

Steve’s Theme Park (e-e) – Reading and sounding out words with the split digraph: e-e

  • England: Year 1
  • Scotland: Early***
  • Wales: Year 1
  • NI: P2

Consolidation Activity for spelling and word reading:

Manu’s Music Machine (Phase 2) – Use phonological knowledge to match sounds to letters to construct known words

  • England: Year 1
  • Scotland: Early***
  • Wales: Year 1
  • NI: P2

Activity for tricky words:

Toy Museum (Phase 4) – Reading tricky words (said, have, like, so, do, some, come, were, there, little, one, when, out, what)

  • England: Year 1
  • Scotland: Early***
  • Wales: Year 1
  • NI: P2

One of the latest additions to Phase 5:

Mitch and Patch (‘tch’ words) – Recognise the sound/grapheme and spelling rule for ‘tch’ words

  • England: Year 1
  • Scotland: Early***
  • Wales: Year 1
  • NI: P2

Learn Screens

A fantastic sing-along for CCVCC words!

Stamp and Grunt – Read and spell CCVCC words for Phase 4

  • England: Year 1
  • Scotland: Early***
  • Wales: Year 1
  • NI: P2

Phonics Screening Check Topic Tool

We’ve also got a Phonics Screening Check Topic Tool which is great for giving students the practice they need to prepare themselves for the test, as well as getting them used to the format.

Schools in England can find the Phonics Screening Check Topic Tool here:

  • England: Year 1 and 2

Log in now to see the Phonics content for yourself! Haven’t got the Phonics content because your school doesn’t subscribe to it? Then click here to sign up for a free trial.

English Challenge Week: 24th-30th January

The very first EducationCity English Challenge Week is taking place between Sunday 24th January and Saturday 30th January and we hope as many schools as possible take part to improve their literacy skills! To find out more about this exciting week and how your school can take part, click here.