Phonics

Phonics
at Fazakerley Primary School

The Phonics Leader is Mrs J Sweeting.

At Fazakerley Primary School we aim for all our children to become fluent, confident readers who are passionate about reading. 

Children who read or are read to regularly have the opportunity to open the doors to so many different worlds! More importantly, reading will give your child the tools to become independent life-long learners.

We can achieve this together through:

  • Read Write Inc, a program to help to your child read at school

  • Encouraging children to develop a love of books by reading to them daily, at home and at school

  • Giving children access to a wide range of books at school and at home

What Phonics program do we follow?

At Fazakerley Primary School we use Read Write Inc Phonics (RWI) to give your child the best possible start to learn how to read and with their English. 

We have put together a guide to how the RWI programme works together with some useful links.

What is Read Write Inc?

Read Write Inc (RWI) is a phonics complete English programme which helps all children learn to read fluently and at speed so they can focus on developing their skills in comprehension, vocabulary and spelling.  The programme is designed for children aged 4-7. However, at Fazakerley Primary School we begin the programme in Nursery and will continue teaching RWI to children beyond the age of 7 if they still need support in their reading.

RWI was developed by Ruth Miskin and more information on this can be found at    https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/parts/

Mrs Sweeting is our Phonics lead teacher, so if you have questions about phonics, contact school who can refer you to her. Please take the time to read the information as it will provide invaluable information as to how you can help and support your child in reading.