Phonics Jargon:

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

To split up a word into its individual phonemes in order to spell it.

Digraph:

Trigraph:

Two letters making one sound eg sh, ch, th

Three letters making one sound eg igh, ure, ear

Spit digraph:

Two letters, split, making one sound eg a-e as in make

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:

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:

KS1:

LA:

Free School Meals

Key Stage 1 covers Year 1 and Year 2

Local Authority

LSP:

Learning Support Plan

MDSA:

Midday Supervisory Assistant

MISP

My Individual Support Plan

PSHE:

Personal, Social, Health and Emotional Education

PPA

Planning, Preparation and Assessment

PPG

Pupil Premium Grant

PSA:

Parent Support Advisor 

SDP

School Development Plan

SENCO:

Special Educational Needs Co-coordinator 

SLT

TA

TD Day

Senior Leadership Team

Teaching Assistant

Teacher Development Day