Welcome to Year R

Curriculum Learning Journey

Welcome to the Year R page, full of useful links and information to help you support your child this year. 

Year R Meet The Teacher - September 2026

The Year R Curriculum Information Evening is being held on Tuesday 22nd September at 6.30pm. 

The presentation slides will be shared here after the event.

Year R Half Termly Curriculum Overviews

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Half Termly Curriculum Overviews- Academic Year 2025/2026

• Autumn 2 2025 curriculum overview - Year R
• Spring 1 2026 curriculum overview - Year R
• Spring 2 2026 curriculum overview - Year R
• Summer 1 2026 curriculum overview - Year R
• Summer 2 2026 curriculum overview - Year R

Reception baseline assessment: information for parents

Reception baseline assessment: information for parents

 Phonics

We teach phonics for 30 minutes every day.  The phonic progression with Little Wandle identifies the grapheme phoneme correspondences (GPCs) and tricky words taught every week.  A new sound is taught on four days of the week, with a review of the sounds taught for the week on the fifth day.  Further catch-up sessions and small group interventions are included to further support pupils to secure new learning.

Please click here to view our Phonics Policy.

For support with the pronunciation of the phonemes taught, please refer to the videos below:

Letter Join - Handwriting Scheme

We are excited to share our handwriting scheme - Letter Join, with you to use at home. Your child can now access the same resources we use in school, anytime and on any device.

• Letter Join Home Access information download_for_offline
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• Letter Join Home Guide download_for_offline
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