Nonsense-Word Fluency Pack

Alien-word decoding practice across Phases 2–5, building accuracy and speed for the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check

FOR
Reception and Year 1 teachers and parents (ages 4–6), and Year 2 teachers supporting children who are resitting the screening check. Works with any systematic synthetic phonics programme.

WHAT’S INSIDE
• Why nonsense words matter — a plain-English explanation for parents
• 14 alien-word worksheets, carefully sequenced from Phase 2 to Phase 5
• Real-or-alien sorting activities and timed fluency grids
• 10 decodable sentences featuring friendly alien characters
• Full answer key, including which words are real and which are alien