EYFS Reading

At Bishops Down Primary and Nursery, children in Reception build on their knowledge of letters, words and books from their experiences in Nursery. The children build their reading skills as they work towards the Literacy Early Learning Goal (ELG). Readings skills include the following areas:

• Read individual letters by saying the sounds for them.
  - Blend sounds into words, so that they can read short words made up of known letter-sound correspondences.
  - Read some letter groups that each represent one sound and say sounds for them.
  - Read a few common exception words matched to the school’s phonic programme.
  - Read simple phrases and sentences made up of words with known letter-sound correspondences and, where necessary, a few exception words.
  - Re-read these books to build up their confidence in word reading, their fluency and their understanding and enjoyment. 

In Reception, children begin to learn letter sounds and then blending as they work towards word reading, using the Read Write Inc phonic scheme.