Phonics
Chepping View now uses the 'Essential Letters and Sounds' Phonics scheme (as of Sept 2022). We will be adding more information about ELS to this page in due course.
Below are some support videos for the general teaching of phonics which will still be useful to parents trying to understand how phonics works.
Phonics Guidance for Parents
ELS Guidance Videos- pronouncing the phonics sounds correctly
The videos below are from the authors of Essential Letters and Sounds. They show you how to pronounce the individual sounds that your child will learn during their time in Reception and KS1.
Pronouncing the Phase 2 sounds
Pronouncing the Phase 3 sounds
Pronouncing the phase 5 sounds
CVPA Guidance video- teaching early spelling
Phonics Teaching Videos
- Spelling cvc words (like cat)
- Reading small words with x (like box)
- Spelling small words with x (like fox)
- Spelling small words focusing on the middle sound
- Practising spelling with j, w, z, y
- Reading sh words (like ship)
- Spelling sh words (like shop)
- Reading ch words (like (chop)
- Reading th words
- Spelling th words
- Practising reading and spelling th words
- Spelling qu words (like (quit)
- Reading practice with sh ch th and qu words
- Spelling practice with sh ch th qu words
- Reading word endings -ll, -ss, -ff
- Spelling word endings -ll -ss -ff
- Reading words with ng (like song)
- Spelling words with ng (like bang)
- Reading words with ng and ck endings
- Reading oo words (like boot)
- Reading oo words (like hook)
- Spelling ee words (like free)
- Reading ai words (like rain)
- Practising reading ee oo and ai words
- Reading igh words (like fight)
- Spelling igh words (like tight)
- Reading oa words (like road)
- More practice with reading oa words
- Spelling oa words (like boat)
- Practising reading oa and igh words
- Reading ar words (like car)
- Spelling ar words (like farm)
- Reading ur words (like burn)
- Reading words with 4 sounds (like plum)
- Reading split vowel a_e words (like game)
- Reading split vowel i words (like bike)
- Reading split vowel o words (like home)