There are plenty of ways of making the Letters and Sounds program fun. Using alphabet sounds flashcards and turning your teaching into a game can be a great place to start. The best way of learning something is to do it and then teach someone else. These letters and sounds flashcards are designed to make KS1 children speak out loud and challenge their friends to do the same. The teaching of Phonics is fast-paced, and we encourage all children to actively participate in each lesson, and by encouraging the children to take ownership of their learning we are continuously striving for excellence. We ensure our Preschool pupils are well prepared to begin learning grapheme-phoneme correspondences (GPCs) and blending in Reception.

Children in KS1 will love challenging classmates or making the phonetic noises all together! Think of actions or motions to go with the sounds to make sessions more dynamic.This book has been carefully matched to your child’s current reading level. If your child is reading it with little help, please don’t worry that it’s too easy – your child needs to develop fluency and confidence in reading. fully decodable books to support Little Wandle and Sounds Revised. Featuring an exciting mix of stories and non-fiction to foster a love of reading in all children, matched to the Little Wandle progression. Now including 84 new books, finely levelled for blending practice and stretch and challenge, plus 50 new books for ages 7+. We use the government validated systematic synthetic phonics programme (SSP) ‘Little Wandle: Letters & Sounds Revised’. The programme is designed to teach children to read from Reception to Year 2, using the skills of decoding and blending sounds together to form words. The Little Wandle programme provides a full progression through all commonly occurring GPCs(sounds), working from simple to more complex, and taking into account the frequency of their occurrence in the most commonly encountered words.

Since September 2021we have been using the government validated systematic synthetic phonics programme (SSP) called ‘Little Wandle: Letters & Sounds Revised’. The programme is designed to teach children to read from Reception to Year 2, using the skill of decoding and blending sounds together to form words. “ The Little Wandle programme provides a full progression through all commonly occurring GPCs* (sounds), working from simple to more complex, and taking into account the frequency of their occurrence in the most commonly encountered words.” Discover an exciting mix of stories and non-fiction, now with blending practice and stretch and challenge books.Assessment is used to monitor progress and to identify any child needing additional support as soon as they need it.

A set of 43 phonics flashcards to support children who are using Little Wandle for Letters and Sounds Revised at school and the perfect tool to support phonics learning at home. The Reading Leader and SLT use the audit and prompt cards to regularly monitor and observe teaching; they use the summative data to identify children who need additional support and gaps in learning.

At Princes Risborough Primary Schoolwe aim to ensure that weprovide all children with the fundamental skills that will enable them to be confident and fluent readers.

We use the ‘Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised’ assessments to identify the gaps in their phonic knowledge and teach to these using the keep-up resources at pace. Yes. Twinkl Phonics covers all the spelling and grammar objectives for Year 1 and 2 set out in the 2014 national curriculum so the good news is that with Twinkl Phonics you don't need to buy a separate spelling or grammar scheme. Due to the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic we have adapted our current Phonics programme to meet the needs of the children. Our fully decodable reading scheme Rhino Readers aligns perfectly with Twinkl Phonics and also features the familiar characters of Kit, Sam and their family and friends that children will have met in their daily phonics lessons. We recommend that Rhino Readers is used alongside Twinkl Phonics.Discover what schools think about Little Wandle for Letters and Sounds Revised, and the supporting Big Cat Phonics resources