--- title: "Phonics" url: "https://haskayne.lancs.sch.uk/subjects/phonics" school: "Downholland Haskayne CE Primary School" --- # Phonics Welcome to our curriculum page about phonics. Mrs Gibson is the Phonics Leader for the Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage One. Here at Downholland Haskayne C.E. Primary School, we teach phonics through the Red Rose scheme. We have adopted the Red Rose phonics scheme to ensure that systematic, synthetic approach to phonics teaching. It is split into six phases, from starting to learn about sounds in EYFS to becoming fluent readers. The phonic approach encourages us to directly link letters (graphemes) to sounds (phonemes), and to teach children pure sounds like **ah, b, k** when encountering the alphabet (instead of letter names). So, children learn how to put sounds represented by letters or letter groups (like **ch** or **igh**) together to read words in a more straightforward way. ### Red Rose Phonics Red Rose Letter & Sounds 281 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/downholland-haskayne-ce-primary-school/files/documents/2._Leading_the_Implementation_of_Red_Rose_Letters_-_Sounds_Updated_Oct_23_(2).pdf) ![Downholland Haskayne CE Primary School](https://files.schudio.com/downholland-haskayne-ce-primary-school/images/logo/Untitled_design_(3)_(1).png) #### Downholland Haskayne CE Primary School Black-a-Moor Lane Nr Ormskirk Haskayne Lancashire L39 7HX 0151 526 0614 #### Useful Links - [Admissions](https://haskayne.lancs.sch.uk/admissions) - [Term Dates](https://haskayne.lancs.sch.uk/termdates) - [Policies](https://haskayne.lancs.sch.uk/policies) #### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572792712996) - [X](https://twitter.com/HaskayneOf) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/downholland.haskayne.primary) © Copyright 2020–2026 Downholland Haskayne CE Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://haskayne.lancs.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)