
Phonics & Early Reading
At Hutton Rudby Primary School, we believe that all children can and will become successful, fluent readers by the end of Key Stage 1. We will achieve this by prioritising the development of early reading through a combination of high quality systematic synthetic phonics teaching, focussed reading teacher and a clear emphasis on developing a love of reading.
At our school, we teach reading through Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised, which is a systematic synthetic phonics programme.
We start teaching phonics in Reception and follow the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised progression, which ensures children build on their growing knowledge of the alphabetic code, mastering phonics to read and spell as they move through school
As a result, all our children are able to tackle any unfamiliar words as they read. At our school, we also model the application of the alphabetic code through phonics in shared reading and writing, both inside and outside of the phonics lesson and across the curriculum. We have a strong focus on language development for our children because we know that speaking and listening are crucial skills for reading and writing in all subjects.
For more information on how you can support your child in their phonics and early reading journey please see the link belowL
https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/
