Phonics International

Hi Andrea, I have experienced the same frustration of losing a long post. :roll: What I did wrong was, having previewed my message, I automatically hit the back button intending to continue/edit my post, rather than simply scrolling down to do so. Once bitten twice shy, I now remind myself that befo...

Hi Debbie, I am glad that you have started this new forum as, in the past, I have felt that what I posted/might have posted didn't really belong under the 'programme based questions' forum. Unfortunately, due to personal circumstances, I have been/will be unable to post as often as I would otherwise...

I have suggested this activity before and the children did enjoy it, however I now have thought of a new way of using it which is proving more popular with the pupils- which is always a good thing! I laminated A4 sheets for the children to to use as mini whiteboards and ordered a supply of whiteboar...

Hello Debbie, I've just glanced at this new material and it looks great. I know my Y6/7 colleague in particular will love it- I don't think any of the the rest of our staff will get as far as it with our EXPLICIT teaching this year. However I intend to print out and enlarge the 'landscape' sheets an...

I was very aware of the importance of incidental phonics right throughout the school day and across all subject areas, last year- which was my first year using synthetic phonics. However, I now find it much easier to teach incidental phonics since I have come to recognise and value the potential of ...

I am interested to hear of the experiences of teachers using PI to teach older pupils, for whom English is a second language. I am aware of teachers in similar settings, who are trying to decide which SP programme to choose. It may help that decision making if teachers, using PI in such settings, co...

Our school began using PI as a whole school programme in January 2008. I had introduced SP to the school in Sept. 2006, when I began teaching reception/Y1 using Jolly Phonics, and so, by this time, the children from reception up to Y2 had been 'SP taught' right from the beginning. As these 'SP taugh...

I have a hard copy of the whole programme with each separate resource stored in plastic pockets and filed as units into 2 separate accordion files- one for units 1-6 and one for units 7-12. Recently, as I prepare for the fortnight ahead, I have begun to make a mastercopy file for each new GPC I plan...

This term I’ve decided to try changing my Y1 lesson format slightly and also to make more use of the decodable text and the proformas provided. I made up a pack including soundbook activity sheets, corresponding decodable text, a sheet containing wordlists (including some tricky words) and a proform...

Thank you for your detailed and helpful reply Debbie.
I'll keep you posted when we get things up and running.
It would be great if other teachers, using the programme, used the forum to share their experiences and ideas.
I'm sure we could learn a lot from each other.

Dear Debbie, I am interested in your suggestions for using the programme as a spelling programme right up through the school. Obviously as SP filters up through the school, the children will have a good code knowledge and be competent in the skills of blending and segmenting, however as of right now...

As the thread title suggests, I find myself continually wondering how I managed without the resources provided by the phonics international programme. Having such a comprehensive bank of resources available at the click of a mouse is just wonderful. I continue to introduce the sounds at a rate of tw...

Perhaps the following questions posed to me on another forum and my replies may be of interest to others using Debbie's programme: Question: when teaching the alphabetic code do children naturally recognise the vowel digraphs once they are taught or how do you stop them sayinge.g. t-e-a for tea? I j...

I am a primary school teacher in the republic of Ireland. I teach a mixed class of Junior/Senior Infants (the equivalent of YR/Y1 in England). There are 10 pupils in Junior Infants and 12 in Senior Infants ranging in age from 4 to 6. There are 12 girls and 10 boys in total and there are a range of m...