At The Trinity we teach phonics using Sounds-Write. Sounds-Write is a whole-school linguistic phonics approach to teaching children to read and spell from Early Years to Year 6. 

Sounds-Write is a speech-to-print approach: it starts with what all children learn naturally, the sounds of their language, and teaches them how to represent those sounds in writing. Reading and writing must go hand in hand and are taught in every Sounds-Write session. 

Sounds Write Phonics is taught every day in Reception and Years 1 and 2. In Years 3-6 they teach Sounds Write spelling daily.

Parents are supported through phonic workshops in the Autumn term when your child starts in Reception. 

Children in Reception, Year 1 and 2 are given reading books linked to the Sounds Write scheme, along with a book they have chosen for pleasure.