At Binbrook C of E Primary School we follow Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised.

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/

It is a complete systematic synthetic phonics programme (SSP) developed for schools by schools. Based on the original Letters and Sounds, but extensively revised; it provides a complete teaching programme meeting all the expectations of the National Curriculum, and prepares your children to go beyond the expectations of the Phonics Screening Check.

What is meant by systematic synthetic phonics ?

It is a structured, cumulative and evidence-based method of teaching reading whereby students are taught the link between letters and the speech sounds they represent.

We ask that Parent and Carers access useful information via:

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

The resources on this page will help you support your child with saying their sounds and writing their letters. There are also some useful videos so you can see how they are taught at school and feel confident about supporting their reading at home. Find our full Reception and Year 1 teaching programme overview here to see what your child will learn and when. We have also attached the overview as a PDF document (see below), along with guides to how children are taught to say their sounds in Reception (Autumn 1, Autumn 2 and Spring 1), and to write capital letters (once a child has completed Phase 2).

The reading practice book - the book your child will bring home from school
It is the school’s role to teach reading. However, parents/carers play a vital role, too. It is important that children have plenty of practice reading at home in order to become fluent, confident readers.

Parents’ or carers’ support is needed to help children practise reading and develop fluency with a book they have already read at school. This book needs to be matched to their phonic stage and be fully decodable. If books are sent home that the child cannot decode, it will lead to frustration for the child and the parent/carer.

To ensure that reading at home is an enjoyable experience and does not feel like a chore, schools need to send home reading practice books in which the child can read 95% of the words. It does not have to be a different book every time; it may need to be the same book if the child still needs to develop fluency.

The children should be able to read the practice book with developing confidence and fluency without any significant help.

The parent/carer’s role is to listen with interest and, most importantly, to encourage and praise, enthusiastically acknowledging the child’s achievement (even if, at the early stages, this is only small). After the child has read the book, it may be helpful to talk about the book, but only so far as the child is interested. The parent/carer should keep the experience positive and avoid turning it into a test.

Practice in our pre-school prepares children with the Foundations for phonics.

Engaging games are used to teach oral blending and phonemic awareness.

Language development and a love of books is supported through:

• sharing high-quality stories and poems with children
• learning a range of nursery rhymes and action rhymes
• activities that develop focused listening and attention, including oral blending
• attention to high-quality language with children

 

	[676679]Programme-Overview Reception-and-Year-1	[pdf 567KB]
	[676680]Pronunciation guide Autumn 1	[pdf 2MB]
	[676681]Pronunciation guide Autumn 2	[pdf 1MB]
	[676683]Capital letter formation	[pdf 556KB]
	[676682]LS-Grapheme-info-sheet-Phase-3-Spring-1	[pdf 1002KB]