Year 1 Phonics Screening Information

The phonics screening check is taken by all children in Year 1 in England. It is designed to give teachers and parents information on how your child is progressing in phonics.

There are two sections in this 40-word check and it assesses phonics skills and knowledge learned through Reception and Year 1.

It checks that your child can:

• Sound out and blend graphemes in order to read simple words.
• Read phonically decodable one-syllable and two-syllable words, e.g. cat, sand, windmill.
• Read a selection of nonsense words which are referred to as pseudo words.

What can I do to help?

• Visit the Active Learn website (Phonics Bug) with your child regularly. 
• Allow children to use their phonic sounds when reading their daily reading book.
• Visit https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ChildrensMenu.htm to play phonic games with your child.
• Visit https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/reading/phonics-made-easy/ to learn more about phonics