At Hadrian Primary School, we teach phonics using a linguistic phonics programme called Sounds~Write. Sounds~Write is a very highly structured, multi-sensory approach to teaching children to read and spell. Its structure and simplicity makes it a programme accessible to all learners and helps them to make excellent progress with their reading and spelling.

The four key concepts children are taught are:

1. Letters are symbols that represent sounds
2. Sounds can be spelled using 1, 2, 3 or 4 letters
3. The same sound can be spelled in different ways
4. The same spelling can represent different sounds

The three key skills children need to master are:

1. Blending
2. Segmenting
3. Phoneme manipulation