How We Teach Phonics At Redgate

At Redgate Community Primary School, we prioritise early reading because we know it provides the foundation for future learning. We teach phonics using the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised programme — a systematic and synthetic approach validated by the Department for Education. Little Wandle is delivered with fidelity across the school to ensure consistency and high-quality teaching.

Our aim is for every child to become a confident, fluent reader as quickly as possible.

How We Teach Phonics

Phonics is taught daily in Reception and Year 1 through structured, engaging lessons that follow a clear progression. Children learn to:

• recognise graphemes and the sounds they represent
  
  

• blend sounds to read words
  
  

• segment words to support spelling
  
  

• read common exception words
  
  

• develop fluency and confidence
  
  

Lessons are carefully sequenced to build on prior knowledge and ensure children make strong progress.

To see our reading in action, search #redgateprimaryreading on our Redgate Instagram page.

Information for Parents - Little Wandle Letters and Sounds

Here are some videos introducing the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds systematic synthetic phonics programme and information about how we teach your child to read at Redgate.

Phoneme Pronunciation - Support for Parents

The three videos below show you how to pronounce the sounds (phonemes) that we learn at school. 

Further Support can be found via this link:  https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

These grapheme information sheets explain how to pronounce the phonemes (sounds). They also explain how to write each grapheme with correct letter formation. 

Our school environment is really focused on reading and encouraging our children to develop a love of books and authors.