Phonics at Alderbury & West Grimstead CE Primary School

At AWGS, we aim to develop confident, fluent readers who foster a genuine love of books from the very start of their learning journey. Early reading is at the heart of our curriculum and high‑quality phonics teaching underpins everything we do.

Our Phonics Programme: Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised

We teach phonics using Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised, a systematic and highly effective programme that supports children to become secure, successful readers.

Families can access a wide range of helpful resources, including pronunciation guides, phoneme finders and progression documents, directly from the Little Wandle website. These materials are ideal for supporting phonics learning at home.

Our Reading Books: Collins Big Cat

To complement our phonics teaching, we use Collins Big Cat fully‑decodable books. These are carefully matched to each child’s phonics stage so they can practise the sounds they have learned in school with confidence and success.