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Supersonic Phonics

Supersonic Phonic Friends - Phonics at St Hilda's

Here at St Hilda's, staff and pupils follow the very exciting and engaging phonics scheme 'Supersonic Phonic Friends'.  Supersonic Phonic Friends is an enchanted adventure of phonics where along the way children will meet several friendly woodland characters who represent each literacy skill involved. Supported by the children's new 'Supersonic friends' and rhyming captions and phrases, this approach will ensure children develop confidence and apply each skill to thier own reading and writing.  Meet the characters, explore the benefits and have a look at the links and videos below to find out more about our phonics scheme.

The Benefits of Supersonic Phonic Friends

Supersonic Phonics Benefits 1

Parent's Newsletters

Please select the document below.

Click to Download Supersonic Phonic Friends Character Pictures and Names [pdf 6MB] Click to Download
Click to Download The Basics 2 Parent Newsletters - Non-cursive [pdf 1MB] Click to Download

Supersonic Phonic Friends Characters

Characters 1
Characters 2


Supersonic Phonic Friends Helpful Phrases and Actions

The Basics 2 and 3 Alliterative Rhymes and Actions

The Spellings for the Sound - The Basics 2 and 3

"A super segment and a brilliant blend helps us to hear the word at the end!"

Switch it With Mitch - Phase 5b - Alternative pronunciations of the same spelling

Monitoring, Assessment and Tracking

  • Termly assessments have been provided by the Phonics Lead and can be found in TSS. Results of this should be passed to the phonics lead for analysis.

  • Year 1 pupils (and those in Year 2/3 who have yet to meet the expected standards) use a previous year’s screening test as distributed by the Phonics lead). Results should be passed to the phonics lead for analysis.

  • The Tracking documents are completed half termly (End of each term for Nursery Pupils)

  • The test analysis and tracking sheets provide our evidence base for external moderation, if required.

  • The phonics lead will provide opportunities to be observed as lead practitioner and may observe other colleagues as needs are identified.

  • Phonics training and updates form part of the PDM planning cycle. Staff new to phonics will be given support by the phonics lead and may be signposted to further relevant training, if appropriate.

Click to Download Supersonic Phonic Friends Progression Overview [pdf 4MB] Click to Download
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Phonics Screening Checks

Please click on the link to find out more about the phonics screening checks that take place in Year 1.