Phonics Screening Check – Thursday 15th June 2017 – Welcome to St Jude's Primary School

Dear Parents and Carers,

As you will know, our Year One children will be undertaking a Phonics Screening Check on Thursday 15th June. We held an information session for parents on 25th May and shared the following key points:

This check is light touch and not stressful for our children
It is designed to help us check our children’s ability to decode and read unfamiliar words accurately
The children have been learning this approach since they began in Reception and are well prepared
The results of the Check will be shared with parents in the end of year reports in July
The threshold (pass mark) is not given to us until after the Check has been carried out. It has been 32 out of 40 since the Check began in 2012
If a child does not meet the threshold we will support them throughout Year 2 in readiness for their re-take in June 2018

You will find all the documents from our information session here (please attach the attached files from this e-mail)
Please click the following links for useful websites and activities to support your child further at home:

Government guidance, materials and training video: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/phonics-screening-check-sample-materials-and-training-video

Phonics Play (great website we use regularly at St Jude’s): https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/