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.

Early Years Foundation Stage

Year R Meet Your Teacher - September 2025

Year R Half Termly Curriculum Overviews

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:

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

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.

Green Oaks Federation

Green Oaks Federation Great Oaks from Little Acorns Grow