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

2026

September
Fri 4th – INSET
Mon 7th – Autumn Term begins
NO CLUBS W/C 7th DUE TO WELL IN HALL
Thur 10th – Flu Immunisation day
Mon 14th – Swimming begins – 1st of 5
Tues 15th – PE Club 3.30pm-4.30pm
Wed 16th – Craft Club 3.30pm-4.30pm
Thur17th – Lego Club 3.30pm-4.30pm
Mon 21st – Swimming 2nd of 5
Tue 22nd – Pupil First Aid Training
Wed 23rd – Music – Mrs Townsend
Thu 24th – MAST Assembly 9.15am 
Fri 25th – Puppet Assembly 10.30am
Mon 28th – Swimming 3rd of 5
Wed 30th – First Responder Assembly 9.30am 

October
Fri 2nd – Harvest Festival 2.45pm in St Giles 
Mon 5th – Swimming 4th of 5

Wed 7th – Music Mrs Townsend
Wed 7th – Fri 9th – Y6 Whitehall Residential 
Thu 8th – Governors Meeting 4.30pm
Mon 12th – Swimming 5th of 5
Wed 14th – Macmillan Coffee Event 2.00pm in school
Mon 19th – NO Swimming
Mon 19th – Schools Together 1.15pm
Wed 21st – Tempest Photos 8.45am
Wed 21st – Music Mrs Townsend
Thu 22nd – Hedgehog Assembly 
Fri 23rd – School closes for half term

November
Mon 2nd – School Re-opens
Mon 2nd – Swimming starts 1st of 5
Thu 5th – MAST Assembly 9.15am