Phonics and Reading


Phonics and Reading

Please see the attached letter detailing our new Systematic Synthetic Phonics Programme ‘Little Wandle’:

We are extremely excited to be launching our ‘Little Wandle’ Phonics Teaching Scheme which we will use alongside our ‘Big Cat Phonics’ school and home reading books. This is in line with new DfE school guidance about how to teach children to read using a systematic synthetic phonics programme.

This will have to be a home and school partnership where we all work together, as it is essential for your child’s reading development and progress.  From Monday 24th January, there are two types of reading books that your child will bring home:

  • Reading practice Big Cat book or e-book to develop phonic and reading skills
  • Reading for pleasure ‘sharing’ books from our library