Daily sessions are taught in ability groups, so that objectives covered closely match the needs of all learners. The daily sessions are 15 minutes, and are structured as follows:

• Revisit and Review 

• Teach

• Practise

• Apply
   

Assesment:

Children are assessed at the end of each half term to check how they are progressing with their phonic knowledge. Following these assessments, teachers will make adjustments to groupings as necessary. Where children are not making the expected progress, additional sessions will be put in place, which may be led by a teacher, teaching assistant or trainee teacher. These ensure that children make accelerated progress to achieve age-related expectations. 

 

Phonics and Reading - 'Rhino Readers'

It is so important that children are able to revise and apply everything they have been taught through their phonics lessons in their reading books. Reading books should follow exactly the same progression as the phonics scheme so that, at any point, children only encounter texts which are fully decodable for their phonics knowledge. Therefore we have invested in the corresponding Twinkl reading scheme, 'Rhino Readers'. The books are matched perfectly with the phonics scheme, therefore if your child is learning 'Level 2' phonics lessons, they will receive a 'Level 2' reading book. Watch this video to find out more about how the phonics and Rhino Readers are matched:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq0p4pfSo7g

 

To see the overview of all of the Rhino Readers available, please download this document: