Early Years and Key Stage 1
                             
From Foundation Stage to KS1 the children have daily phonics sessions. We use a Systematic Synthetic Phonics approach and follow the Little Wandle scheme which enables children to use their phonic knowledge to read and spell using blending and segmenting as a primary approach. 

The principles of Little Wandle are based upon:

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• the delivery of whole class high-quality first teaching with well-structured daily lesson plans

• the use of consistent terminology used by teachers, children and parents

• the use of consistent resources that support the teaching of Little Wandle

• effective use of repetition throughout the programme

• maximizing the impact of regular and manageable assessment to ensure that all children keep up rather than catch up.

Pupils are encouraged to use their phonic techniques to read the books and as they increase in difficulty through the stages they develop an awareness of the construction of story lines and character development on a simple basis. Guided reading and whole class reading sessions look at reading ability and also their comprehension of what they are reading.

All children who are working on Phase 5 phonics and below are given a decodable book to take home that has graphemes in which they have previously been taught. Each child also receives a sharing book to take home, which may have some words in which are not decodable and this is to encourage reading for pleasure to enjoy as a shared book with parents.