Brantridge School is a special school catering for boys from age six to twelve with Social Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) difficulties and Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC), including those with Asperger’s Syndrome and those with a diagnosis of ADHD.
This section provides key information including how the school spends the funding it receives, its policies and procedures, how students perform in exams and assessment and inspection information.
This section provides information about the school’s curriculum including an overview, the curriculum approach, detailed information about what is being studied in class, Outdoor Learning and Remote Learning plus school trips and enrichment opportunities.
In this section you will find information about the support offered to pupils at Brantridge School. This includes information about the support we offer, therapies, behaviour and engagement and mental health and well-being.
Pupils tell us they feel safe at Brantridge and the school provides an environment that enables them to learn. Everyone is treated as an individual and concerns are listened to.
It is important that you have the chance to fully take part in your child’s educational experience. We provide regular opportunities to come into school and join us for events which provide life long memories.
Monster Phonics uses grapheme-phoneme correspondence as the first and foremost approach. Teaching is supported by using colour and monster sound cues to make the grapheme-phoneme correspondence explicit and easier to learn. Directly linking each grapheme and sounds within words makes learning easier and fun. Once a grapheme has been taught, the colour is removed. Not only does this accelerate the learning of phonics, high-frequency words, including common exception words, are also easier to learn.
Monster Phonics improves progress for all learners. This is because colour-coding makes learning phonics more memorable. Monster Phonics is a DfE validated scheme and is used across the UK and internationally.
Colour-coding
Monster Phonics is easier to learn and remember. Monster Phonics helps children to learn and recall spellings by using colour. Each sound and colour is also represented by a monster that makes that sound (a sound cue). This brings phonics to life and makes Monster Phonics highly engaging.
Parental Engagement
Monster phonics can be supported at home. Please read the information in the parent letters below to find out how to use this.
You can also download the monster sound cards below.