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PHONICS: Rationale
To master phonics skills pupils at Welbeck are taught through a highly structured and systematic programme called Read, Write INC. This starts with the easiest sounds and progresses through to the most complex way systematically. Pupils are taught how to recognise the sounds that each individual letters make; identify the sounds that different combinations of letters make; and blend those sounds together from left to right to make a word. Once mastered, our pupils then use this knowledge to ‘decode’ new words that they see or hear. Pupils are given opportunities to apply these skills in a range of broader curriculum subjects.
Core Strategies we use:
SPAG at Welbeck Academy
Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation: Rationale
To master core spelling, grammar and punctuation skills pupils are taught specific SPAG skills through a discrete and highly structured and systematic programme with a focus on:
Core Strategies we use: