Welcome to INSPIRE at

St Joseph’s Primary School!

               

What is INSPIRE?

involving school parents in reading and writing

Our focus today is on Communication, Language and Literacy.

What is the Curriculum? The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)

Curriculum is broken down into seven areas of learning.

Prime Areas Personal, Emotional and Social

Development Communication and Language Physical Development

Specific Areas

Literacy

Mathematics

Expressive Arts and Design

The World

What is CLL?

Language for Communication and Thinking

Linking sounds and lettersReadingWriting

Saying it the right way!

Keeping the sound pure…

“mmmmmmmmmm” not “mmuuuu”

“ssssssssssssssss” not “ssuuu”

This enables children to blend and write words with increasing accuracy and confidence.

How do we teach CLL at St Joseph’s?

Jolly Phonics Letters and Sounds Role play Drama Modelling correct use of language

CLL in practice…

Writing in play Confident to have a go Use of actions to support phonemes Confident speaking and listening

Linking sounds and Letters.

Phonics Jargon busting!

Phoneme Digraph Trigraph Grapheme Blending Segmenting CVC ROBOT ARMS!!

Using Jolly phonics Let’s sound out simple cvc words

using the Jolly Phonics actions - We learn by doing!!

Dog d…o…g Mum M…u…m Dad D…a…d Fish F…i…sh Chip Ch…i…p

How you can help at home When reading unfamiliar words,

encourage children to use their ‘phonic knowledge’.

Never cover illustrations as they support your child in working out the context and meaning of the word.

Always say the first sounds loudly and then get quieter.

Always make reading time special, quiet and enjoyable.

       

What about the ‘Tricky Words’? The ‘Tricky Words’ are also known

as ‘Irregular’ words and no matter how hard you try you cannot sound them out i.e.

the was come to do The first Tricky Words your child

has to learn are: to the no go I“ You can’t sound them out, you’ve

just got to know them”

Outline of what’s happening next.

Time for you to go into Reception class to spend time with your children.

You will see a range of differentiated phonics activities that your child accesses on a weekly basis. Have fun!

Useful websites

www.phonicsplay.co.uk

www.familylearning.org.uk

www.topmarks.co.uk

www.lettersandsounds.com

We hope you have found this workshop useful and helpful. Please feel free to speak to a Reception staff member if you have any further questions.

Thank you for coming and for being a big part in your child’s education.