Phonics
Floppy’s Phonics is a systematic, synthetic phonics program for young children, designed to teach reading and writing skills. It is part of the Oxford Reading Tree family of reading programs, and is what we use at Ombersley to teach phonics.
The program includes a range of books, workbooks, and online resources, and is designed to be accessible to all children, including those with special educational needs. The program is based on the synthetic phonics approach, which teaches children to read by breaking words down into their component sounds and blending them together. The program features a friendly dog character named Floppy, who helps guide children through the various stages of the program.
Stages of Learning
Floppy’s Phonics consists of six stages of learning that help children develop their phonics skills.
Stage 1: Starting to Read – Children learn the sounds s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d. They also learn to blend sounds to read simple words.
Stage 2: Developing Alphabet Knowledge – Children learn new sounds including g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss.
Stage 3: Building Confidence – Children learn new sounds including j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu, ch, sh, th.
Stage 4: Becoming a Fluent Reader – Children learn new sounds including ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er.
Stage 5: Building Comprehension – Children learn alternative spellings for sounds they already know and practice blending and segmenting longer words.
Stage 6: Phonics into Practice – Children apply their phonics knowledge to read books with a wide range of genres and topics. They also learn more complex spelling patterns and develop their comprehension skills.
