Phonics

At Homfeild primary we teach phonics using Little Wandle Letters and Sounds revised.

Little Wandle supports the children with their reading and spelling skills in Early Years and Key stage 1. 

In Early Years, the children are taught the individual sounds of the alphabet from their second full week in school. They will learn 4 sounds a week.

The sounds are taught in the following order:

Phase 2: s, a, t, p, i, n, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, l, ff, ll, ss, j, v, w, x, y, z, qu, ch, sh, th, ng, nk

Phase 3: ai, ee, high, oa, oo, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, er

Phase 4: consonant clusters - st, sl, sn, br, gr, sp, tr, dr, cl, gl, spr, spl, str, thr…

 -lk, -lt, -mp, -st, -nd, -sk, -ld, -nk…

Phase 5: ay, ou, oy, ea, ir, ie (pie), ue, u, o, i, a, e, a-e, i-e, o-e, u-e, e-e, ew, ie (shield), aw, y (funny), ea (head), wh, oe (toe), ou (shoulder), y (fly), ow (snow), g (giant), ph, le, c (ice), ve (give), oe (some), o (mother), ou (young), se (mouse), ce (fence), ey (donkey), ui (fruit), ou (soup), or (word), u (awful), foul (could), are (share), au (author), aur (dinosaur), poor (floor), al (walk), tch (match), ture (adventure), al (half), a (father), a (water), a (want), ear (bear), ere (there), ear (learn), wr (wrist), st (whistle), sc (science), ch (school), ch (chef), ze (freeze)

The children in Early Years and Year 1 will have phonics lessons everyday.