Your Approach to Intervention and Phonics
I had a discussion with a Year 1 teacher the other day and she was sharing with me how sad she felt for her children.
Her senior leadership team were putting pressure on her to 'drill phonics' into her less ready year one children every day with extra daily intervention group time as there was a slight dip in Phonics Screening results last year...
The intervention groups take place at a table in the corridor where the children get a repeat in the afternoon of the phonics lesson they had in the morning.
Imagine as a 5 year old having to do extra of the thing they really hate doing or struggle with. How would this make you feel? Would this make you excited and motivated to learn more? Would your levels of engagement be high?
In my training I talk a lot about how we have to make wanting to read and write irresistible. We have to tune into the child and find out what excites them. Discover what their purpose is to read and write.
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