Phonics

We use lots of different approaches with phonics teaching to ensure the children get a fantastic range of activities to suit all the different learning styles. The main scheme we use as our core is Big Cat Phonics which then leads the children into our core reading scheme:

From early phonics development to fluency, Collins Big Cat is a whole-school programme that provides complete support for primary reading. It supports the delivery of effective phonics with fully decodable books, expertly aligned to Letter and Sounds fostering the love of reading right from the start.

Additional resources:

Letters and Sounds,  Twinkl

 

Letters and Sounds

Parents Online Resources from Little Wandel

Useful resources and prompt sheets for the introduction of the sounds throughout the reception year. This scheme is closley linked to the Big Cat scheme and is a revised version of Letters and Sounds

Phonics

NOTICEBOARD

2025

JUNE
Mon 2nd – Start of Summer Term 2
Weds 4th – 9am Tempest Class Photos
Fri 6th – Schools Together
Thurs 19th – AM – EYFS & KS1
– Sports Day – Primary Stars – Parwich
Thurs 19th – PM – KS2 – Sports Day – Primary Stars – Parwich
Fri 20th – MAST -Puppet Assembly
Mon 23rd – INSET Day
Tues 24th – MAST – Hannah Wills
Mon 30th – RSE Week 

JULY
Tues 1st – Pasta World Record!
Thur 3rd – Y6 Leaver’s Trip Day
Fri 4th – Fire & Rescue Talk pm
Thur 10th – Mock 1960’s Classroom KS2 (Y4, Y5, Y6 only)
Thur 10th – Governor’s Mtg 4.30pm
Tues 15th – Musical Performance 
Thur 17th – Whole School Trip
Fri 18th – LEGO STEM Day
Fri 18th – PTA Disco – Village Hall 
Weds 23rd & Thur 24th – INSET Days – closed to pupils