The systematic teaching of phonics has a high priority throughout EYFS and Key Stage One. At Bentley New Village Primary School, we value reading as a life skill, and are dedicated to enabling our pupils to become lifelong readers.
We believe that Phonics provides the foundations of learning to make the development of fluent reading and writing easier.
We acknowledge that children need to be taught the key skills in segmenting and blending to be equipped with the knowledge to be able to complete the phonics check at the end of year one. We also value and encourage the pupils to read for enjoyment and recognise that this starts with the foundations of acquiring letter sounds, segmenting and blending skills.
