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Phonics screening check 2012 past paper

Year 1 Phonics screening check 2012

The Y1 Phonics screening check is used to test children's reading and phonics skills and what they've learnt in their first two years at school. Get an idea of what your child will be asked to do in the June test by looking through the official past paper for 2012.
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Y1 Phonics Screening practice checks

Year 1 Phonics Screening practice checks

Boost your child's confidence in the run-up to the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check with our mock checks, written by a KS1 teacher to mirror the official check format exactly. Packed with weird and wonderful aliens and "pseudo" nonsense words, just like the real test, they offer a great way to help your child practise reading sounds and blending them to read words.
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Split digraph wordsearch

Split digraph wordsearch

Can you find the words below hidden in the wordsearch? Don’t forget they might be going up, down, from side to side or even diagonally! Cross them out when you’ve spotted them!
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Spelling patterns: igh and i_e worksheet

Spelling patterns: 'igh' and 'i_e' (Phase 5 phonics)

Read these words and use them to fill in the blanks in the sentences. We are practising spelling words with 'igh' and 'i_e'.
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Sound buckets: using ir, or, ar and ur worksheet

Sound buckets: using ‘ir’, ‘or’, ‘ar’ and ‘ur’ (Phase 5 phonics)

Choose a sound from two or three of the buckets and see how many words you can make.
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Reading unfamiliar words using phonics worksheet

Reading unfamiliar words using phonics

These robots have such funny names! Can you read them?
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Correcting spelling using phonic knowledge worksheet

Correcting spelling using phonic knowledge

Sammy has had a spelling test today. Some of the words he has written correctly, others he has got wrong. Can you put a tick next to the words he has spelled correctly and help him by writing the wrong words out properly below?
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Breaking words into phonemes: sound button worksheet

Breaking words into phonemes: sound button (Phase 5 phonics)

This worksheet focuses on breaking words into phonemes. Look at these words, then use the sound button as you read them out! Press the button underneath the word, say the sound then say the word.
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Writing CCVC words worksheet

Writing CCVC words (Phase 4 phonics)

Look at the pictures. Can you write the word underneath the image? Remember to pick a word with the right number of letters!
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Split digraph o_e worksheet

Split digraph 'o_e' (Phase 5 phonics)

Cut out the shape below. Fold along the lines and stick the flaps down to make a cube. Then take turns to roll the die. Can you write a word that is spelled using those letters?
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Reading nonsense words worksheet

Reading nonsense words

Look at these scary monsters! Yikes!! Can you read their names?
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Reading CVCC words worksheet

Reading CVCC words (Phase 3 phonics)

It’s time to use a sound button! Look at these words. Can you press the button under the sounds and say the sound? Then say the word.
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Phonics revision match-up

Phonics revision match-up (Phase 5 phonics)

Can you match the picture to the sound in the word?
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Match the phoneme worksheet

Match the phoneme: /oo/, /or/ and /ow/ (Phase 5 phonics)

Some of the sounds have disappeared from these words. Can you find the missing sound in the list on the right and draw a line to show the correct match?
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Breaking words into phonemes worksheet

Breaking words into phonemes (Phase 4 phonics)

Learn about phonemes: press the button and say the sound, then say the word.
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Match the number of phonemes

Match the number of phonemes (Phase 4 phonics)

Can you count the phonemes (sounds) in the words then match the number card to the word?
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Phonics games

Your child will do lots of phonics learning at school – so why not use games to help them put their new skills into practice at home? Our Phonics games learning pack, created by a KS1 teacher (and parent), offers ten games and activities to choose from. Everything you need to start playing, from instructions to game boards and a sound die, is included in your download – print off your bingo counters, sharpen your pencils and have some fun!
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Word puzzles for Key Stage 1 English learning pack

Word puzzles for Key Stage 1 English

Take a break from homework and spelling drills with this collection of word puzzles for Key Stage 1! Each one covers a different concept that your child will learn in English lessons, but presents it as something to solve by remembering what they've been taught in class.
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Phonics letter and sounds worksheet

Phonics letters and sounds

This handy phonics letters and sounds worksheet will help you practise each phonics sound with your child by the 7 groups they'll be learning them in. How many other words can you think of that give examples of each sound?
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Word with split digraphs worksheet

Words with split digraphs (Phase 5 phonics)

Help your child understand split digraphs (the magic 'e' rule) by having them group similar split digraphs into the correct categories on this worksheet.
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