'How to' preparation video

This short preparation video 'How to navigate the online assessment' (staff only) is designed to help teachers familiarise themselves with the online tool.

Assessment guide and student materials

The Assessment guide and student materials document (PDF 3MB) (staff only) supports teachers to administer the assessment. The guide includes:

• student materials required to administer
• implementation advice
• a practice page for students and suggestions on how to introduce the assessment to students
• information about the phonic knowledge assessed in each set
• Literacy Learning Progression indicators aligned to each assessment item
• phonic knowledge observed in each word

A copy of the student materials without images (PDF 400KB) (staff only) is available for download to use with older students.

Alternatively, teachers can download student materials (staff only) for individual phonic knowledge sets using the following links.

• VC and CVC words list A (PDF 1.5MB)
• VC and CVC words list B (PDF 1.5MB)
• Consonant digraphs and one-syllable words list A (PDF 417KB)
  
• Consonant digraphs and one-syllable word list B (PDF 306KB)
• Split/vowel digraphs and longer one-syllable words list A (PDF 827KB)
• Split/vowel digraphs and longer one-syllable words list B (PDF 1MB)
• Multisyllabic and more complex words list A (PDF 388KB)
  
• Multisyllabic and more complex words list B (PDF 429KB)

Pronunciation videos

Teachers can access acceptable pronunciations for each word list using the following staff only links.

• VC and CVC words list A
• VC and CVC words list B
• Consonant digraphs and one-syllable words list A
  
• Consonant digraphs and one-syllable word list B
• Split/vowel digraphs and longer one-syllable words list A
• Split/vowel digraphs and longer one-syllable words list B
• Multisyllabic and more complex words list A
  
• Multisyllabic and more complex words list B

Online tool

Teachers administer the assessment using the online tool for entering student responses. The online tool is available via ALAN.

Support

Visit Phonics diagnostic assessment for information on the purpose of the assessment.

Visit Year 1 Phonics Screening Check assessment for information on the mandatory assessment for Year 1 students.

Visit Phonics for teaching resources to use in the classroom.

Effective reading: Phonics (eLearning) provides teachers with an opportunity to explore the practical application of the evidence-based teaching of reading. Visit Literacy and numeracy professional learning for more professional learning opportunities looking at practical application of evidence-based teaching of reading.

Teaching resources supporting the explicit and systematic teaching of phonics are available on the Universal Resources Hub (staff only).