Our school teaches the phonics scheme Essential Letters and Sounds; this is a phonics programme based on Letters and Sounds (2007). This new phonics programme will support your child in making quick progress to become fluent and confident readers.

To best support us in teaching your child how to read we ask that you read the decodable text provided by the school at least 3 times across the week. Spending 10 minutes a day reading with your child will hugely support them in their journey to becoming an independent reader.

On this page you will find links to the ELS videos on how to pronounce each sound, with the mnemonic that accompanies that grapheme in the ELS scheme. Please take the time to watch these to ensure you are best supporting your child with their spelling and reading.