At Woodland Community Primary School, we believe that all children can learn to read and write successfully when they receive high-quality, systematic and consistent teaching. We use Read Write Inc. (RWI) as our systematic synthetic phonics programme. The programme provides a structured approach to teaching children the alphabetic code and developing their ability to blend sounds to read words and segment words to spell. Our teaching enables pupils to:

• develop secure knowledge of grapheme-phoneme correspondences (GPCs);

• apply their phonic knowledge when reading unfamiliar words;

• blend sounds accurately and fluently;

• segment words for spelling;

• develop increasing reading fluency and accuracy;

• develop their confidence as independent readers;

• apply their phonics knowledge across the curriculum;

• develop vocabulary, oral language and comprehension alongside decoding;

• develop a love of books and reading.

We teach phonics systematically and consistently across Reception, Key Stage 1 and, where necessary, Key Stage 2. Children who require additional support continue to receive appropriately targeted phonics teaching until they have secured the necessary knowledge and skills. Phonics is taught explicitly but is not viewed in isolation. Teachers model the application of phonics within reading and writing throughout the school day and across the curriculum. 2 We recognise that successful reading requires more than decoding. Alongside phonics, we develop children's spoken language, vocabulary, background knowledge, fluency, comprehension and love of reading.