What is Monster Phonics? 
Monster Phonics is a whole class, systematic synthetic phonics programme, which became our new phonics scheme in October 2021.
Monster Phonics is currently taught from Reception to Year 2, but it can also be used as an intervention tool for Key Stages 1 and 2. The design and implementation of the programme is to support children to ‘keep up’ rather than ‘catch-up’ with their phonics learning.
Colour Coding
Monster Phonics teaches children to read by enabling them to identify the individual graphemes (letter combinations) and blend sounds (phonemes) together to read the word. Sounds are categorised into ten colour groups, and each colour has a corresponding monster character.
Monster Phonics is an advanced multisensory scheme, with songs, actions and colours associated with graphemes. There is an action for each Phase 2 and 3 grapheme, as well as for each Monster, which we believe, excites and engages our pupils.
Teaching Overview (Reception – Year 2) 
The Monster Phonics Reading Scheme
We want learning to read to be fun and memorable for our pupils, which is one of the main reasons we chose this scheme for our children. Rather than relying on rote learning, it uses colour coding to promote understanding, which we believe, will lead to greater confidence and independence.
Children access decodable books matched to where they are on the programme. Regular assessment throughout the school year ensures that their reading book match their ability.
Spelling 
The 26 letters of the alphabet and combinations of these letters make 44 speech sounds in English.
The 44 sounds (phonemes) are spelt by 144 different letter combinations (graphemes). For example, the sound A is spelt several different ways, including ay (play) and ai (train).
Traditional ways of learning to spell can be time-consuming and for some children they are ineffective. Monster Phonics teaches children to read by enabling them to identify the individual graphemes (letter combinations) and blend the sounds (phonemes) together to read the word. To support this process, Monster Phonics uses the 10 monsters to categorise all sounds into 10 simple areas. Furthermore, each monster has a different colour and that colour represents that way of spelling the sound.
Weekly spellings in KS1 link closely to the colours used within Monster Phonics to support children with learning key Common Exception Words and High Frequency Words for their year groups.
Phonics Screening Check:
All children in Year 1 complete a phonics screening check in the summer term. If you would like to find out more about the phonics screening check, please ask your child’s teacher.
Parental Support 
The Monster Phonics website has support for parents and carers on their page in order to support children with learning to read and spell. Additionally, parents and carers can also access phonics webinars in order to familiarise themselves with Monster Phonics. Information about Monster Phonics is shared during our coffee mornings.
Free resources for Parents and Carers
Activities – https://monsterphonics.com/free-phonics-worksheets/
Games – https://monsterphonics.com/games/
Flashcards – https://monsterphonics.com/flashcards-2/
Information about phonics
- https://monsterphonics.com/how-it-works/letters-and-sounds/
- https://monsterphonics.com/how-it-works/ks1-spelling-curriculum/
- https://monsterphonics.com/the-phonics-screening-check/