Jargon Buster
Upon entering any school environment, you will soon be hearing many different abbreviations or educational 'jargon'. We have compiled a short list below of some of the ones we think are most commonly used and hope it will be of some help to you. Please do not hesitate to come and ask if you see or hear of any others that you are not sure about.
Phoneme
The smallest unit of sound in a word eg cat c-a-t has 3 phonemes and so does ship sh-i-p
Grapheme
A letter or group of letter representing one sound eg a, ch, igh
Blend
This is often known as 'sounding out' and it is when you put sounds together to read a word
Segment
o split up a word into its individual phonemes in order to spell it.
Digraph
Two letters making one sound eg sh, ch, th
Trigraph
Three letters making one sound eg igh, ure, ear
Split digraph
Two letters, split, making one sound eg a-e as in make.
Abbreviations
A&I
Able and Interested
AFL
Assessment for Learning. The on going process of assessing children’s progress so that the level of challenge and support can be adjusted to match their ability.
BFL
Behaviour for Learning. Behaviour which reflects a strong desire to concentrate, listen, participate, try one’s best, work hard and learn.
EAL:
EAL
English as an Additional Language Refers to children whose first language(s) is/are not English and who may not yet be speaking English fluently or even at all.
EHCP
Education, Health and Care Plan.
EYFS
Early Years Foundation Stage A framework for care and education of children from birth to five years of age. In our school the term EYFS refers to our entry or reception year of children.
FSM
Free School Meals
MISP
My Individual Support Plan.
PPA
Planning, Preparation and Assessment
PPG
Pupil Premium Grant.
SLT
Senior Leadership Team
TD Day
Teacher Development Day