St Alban's Catholic Primary School

At St Alban's we feel that Phonics is a crucial part of our children's development, which enables the children to flourish with a love of reading. Reading is the key that opens the door to all areas of the curriculum. At St Alban's we use the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds synthetic phonics programme to teach phonics. All our reading books are fully decodable and follow the sequence of our phonic programme. We ensure that the books children read are carefully matched to the letter-sound correspondences they have learnt, enabling them to confidently apply their phonic knowledge and become fluent, confident readers.