Long Whatton C of E Primary

Curriculum

Phase 3

In Reception, the children will start ‘Phase 3’ phonics at the beginning of the Spring 1 half term.

During this phase, children will be introduced to ‘trigraphs’ as well as learning ‘new digraphs’.

Digraph - A grapheme using two letters to represent one phoneme. With children, we frequently reinforce it with the mantra ‘two letters, one sound’. At the appropriate stage, it is useful for children to learn to use the term and to understand what it means.

Trigraph - A grapheme using three letters to represent one phoneme. With children, we frequently reinforce it with the mantra ‘three letters, one sound’. At the appropriate stage, it is useful for children to learn to use the term and to understand what it means.

Phase 3 phonics and mnemonics

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