Phonics
Intent:
At Burnham-on-Crouch Primary School we believe that reading is an essential life skill and we are committed to enabling our children to become lifelong readers.
At the heart of our strategy is our drive to foster a love of reading, enriching children’s learning through carefully chosen texts that spark imagination, provoke thought, celebrate culture and diversity and are language rich.
Reading is a skill that enables children to develop their learning across the wider curriculum and lays the foundations for future success. We use a balanced mix of approaches to reading so that all pupils are able to succeed, which include: Read Write Inc. phonics, Fresh Start Phonics, Guided Reading, teaching of reading comprehension, reading for pleasure, individual reading and sharing high quality texts within the classroom.
We believe that Read, Write, Inc (RWI) phonics provides the foundations of learning to make the development into fluent reading and writing easier. Children learn to read fluently and at speed so they can focus on developing their skills in comprehension, vocabulary and spelling. Through RWI phonics children learn a simple alphabetic code followed by a more complex code.
All reading books progress cumulatively, matched to the sound’s children are learning and already know. The teaching of phonics is of high priority.
We are a Ruth Miskin School
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The EYFS butterflies have begun to emerge from their chrysalises! #eyfs #scienceprimary #understandingtheworld #butterflies
The EYFS butterflies have begun to emerge from their chrysalises! #eyfs #scienceprimary #understandingtheworld #butterflies
💛🧡World Autism Day 2025 🩵💚 A huge thank you to @s.a.a.clothing for our amazing t-shirts and to Charlotte for coming into our whole school assembly to raise awareness!
💛🧡World Autism Day 2025 🩵💚 A huge thank you to @s.a.a.clothing for our amazing t-shirts and to Charlotte for coming into our whole school assembly to raise awareness!
A huge well done to these two who represented BCPS at the county finals! 🏃🏽👏🏼 7th out of 120 and 19th out of 112! What a great achievement! 🙌🏼
A huge well done to these two who represented BCPS at the county finals! 🏃🏽👏🏼 7th out of 120 and 19th out of 112! What a great achievement! 🙌🏼
🌟 Well done to all these children this week on their amazing achievements outside of school! 🏅 It’s amazing to see what you get up to! 🌟 This time we’ve got street dance, swimming and football 🏊♂️ ⚽️👏🏼
🌟 Well done to all these children this week on their amazing achievements outside of school! 🏅 It’s amazing to see what you get up to! 🌟 This time we’ve got street dance, swimming and football 🏊♂️ ⚽️👏🏼
Year 4 have been designing and creating their own ‘found object’ robots. They used woodwork tools to produce their amazing creations! 👏🏼 How cool do they look!
Year 4 have been designing and creating their own ‘found object’ robots. They used woodwork tools to produce their amazing creations! 👏🏼 How cool do they look!
Year 1 celebrated Holi festival as part of their RE lesson! They had so much fun 🙌🏼
🌟 Well done to all these children this week on their amazing achievements outside of school! 🏅 It’s amazing to see what you get up to! 🌟 This time we’ve got karate, tennis, rugby and football 🥋⚽️🎾🏈👏🏼
🌟 Well done to all these children this week on their amazing achievements outside of school! 🏅 It’s amazing to see what you get up to! 🌟 This time we’ve got karate, tennis, rugby and football 🥋⚽️🎾🏈👏🏼
A fantastic effort by all at the cross country finals! 👏🏼 All pupils were amazing and represented our school brilliantly. A special mention to these two children who will now represent our school at the county finals 🏃🏽
A fantastic effort by all at the cross country finals! 👏🏼 All pupils were amazing and represented our school brilliantly. A special mention to these two children who will now represent our school at the county finals 🏃🏽
EYFS received a very special delivery today! The children are very excited to watch the caterpillars grow and eventually turn into butterflies! 🐛🦋 #science #eyfs #understandingtheworld
EYFS received a very special delivery today! The children are very excited to watch the caterpillars grow and eventually turn into butterflies! 🐛🦋 #science #eyfs #understandingtheworld
Looking for clues on our dinosaur hunt! 🕵️♂️ 🦕🦖
What an exciting afternoon in EYFS! We have enjoyed creating mini volcanoes using bicarb and vinegar. #dinosaurs #volcanoes #eyfs 🌋🦕🌋🦖
What an exciting afternoon in EYFS! We have enjoyed creating mini volcanoes using bicarb and vinegar. #dinosaurs #volcanoes #eyfs 🌋🦕🌋🦖
EYFS have loved learning about dinosaurs this week. Today they made dinosaur print biscuits. Don’t they look delicious! 🦖🦕🍪
EYFS have loved learning about dinosaurs this week. Today they made dinosaur print biscuits. Don’t they look delicious! 🦖🦕🍪
On Tuesday, Year 3 went on a trip to Abberton reservoir to launch their Science topic on rocks, fossils and layers of soil 🪨🍃
On Tuesday, Year 3 went on a trip to Abberton reservoir to launch their Science topic on rocks, fossils and layers of soil 🪨🍃
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
In Year 6, they have been designing and making their own pencil cases! Look how good they are 👏🏼
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
In Year 6, they have been designing and making their own pencil cases! Look how good they are 👏🏼
🌟 Well done to all these children this week on their amazing achievements outside of school! 🏅 It’s amazing to see what you get up to! 🌟 This time we’ve got football, gymnastics, rugby and reading ⚽️🤸🏻♀️🏈🏆👏🏼
🌟 Well done to all these children this week on their amazing achievements outside of school! 🏅 It’s amazing to see what you get up to! 🌟 This time we’ve got football, gymnastics, rugby and reading ⚽️🤸🏻♀️🏈🏆👏🏼
🥬🍍DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY 🥒🍅
This week, Year 1 had a visit from The Limes farm shop to talk all about different fruits and vegetables and they all planted their own broad bean. Yesterday, they had a go at designing and making their own salad faces! Look how good they are 👏🏼
🥬🍍DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY 🥒🍅
This week, Year 1 had a visit from The Limes farm shop to talk all about different fruits and vegetables and they all planted their own broad bean. Yesterday, they had a go at designing and making their own salad faces! Look how good they are 👏🏼