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. 

What does Phonics and Early Reading look like at The Trinity?

• All children are taught to read from their individual starting points to ensure they reach age-related expectations.
• Phonics is taught every day.
• Regular, on-going assessment tracks pupil progress in phonics to ensure early identification of children needing additional support.
• Teachers and support staff have regular, high quality training linked to phonics and Early Reading
• Our early reading scheme supports the Sounds-Write teaching and application of phonics. There is clear progression through each unit and children are given the opportunity to rehearse reading and retell stories that match the grapheme-phoneme correspondence. Their reading books match their phonics level.
• The phonics programme at The Trinity matches or exceeds national expectations of the Early Learning Goals. The school has clear expectations of pupils phonics progress from EYFS to Y2 using our phonics tracking document.
• Reading has a high-profile in all our classrooms. Pupil vocabulary is developed through the sharing of stories, poems, rhymes and non-fiction texts. In EYFS, pupils are encouraged to use props to retell and create their own stories.
• Parents are supported through phonic workshops.
• Children in KS1 are given reading books linked to the Sounds Write scheme, along with a text they have chosen for pleasure.