Reading & Writing Programmes
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Reading & Spelling Programmes
Sounders (2.5 - 4 years old)
Literacy development through songs, stories and rhymes that introduce environmental sounds, alliteration rhyming words, voice sounds, oral blending and segmenting.
Decoders (4-5 years old)
This course introduces children to ALL the sounds of the English language.
We do not cut up the basic code into different levels, unlike other places. Once your child completes this level, they will have all the foundational sounds knowledge to set them up for success in their literacy education.
Encoders (5-6 years old)
This Complex Code course delves into learning the most common representations of all the vowels and the most common consonants. Here children will be learning spellings through various strategies such as word position, stories and vocabulary.
Our Writing Programmes
SPagWrite (6+ years old)
(Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) SPaG is an engaging teaching framework that is powerful because it is based on the principles of how children learn. It enables children to imitate the language they need for a particular topic orally, before reading and analysing it, and then writing their own version.
Children are taught the language structures they need to think and express themselves. It is a creative curriculum that inspires children to become amazing writers.
Not sure which programme to enroll your child in?
We recommend new students and parents to book an assessment with us to ensure your child’s needs are taken care of.
Our Approach
Regardless of whether your child is suspected to have dyslexia, or is struggling due to incorrect or inadequate prior instruction, “what is generally agreed is that all children experiencing literacy difficulties (regardless of meeting criteria for dyslexia) should receive reading intervention” (Snowling and Hulme, 2024).
We teach decoding and spelling skills together using systematic phonics. Oral language use and comprehension is developed from the start. We use morphological approaches to aid both reading and spelling. Children are taught that reading for learning and enjoyment is our ultimate aim and we therefore foster reading comprehension within and in addition to our programmes. (Kelly and Phillips, 2025)
Our programmes are evidence-based, and our team is trained in them. We continue to attend CPD courses to increase our knowledge and apply these in lessons so our students benefit.
Programmes we mainly use include: Jolly Phonics, Letters and Sounds, UFLI (University of Florida Literacy Institue), Bug Club Phonics, Twinkl (as supplementary), Conquering Literacy (specifically for Dyslexia), Floppy’s Phonics, Phonics International, Sounds-Write, Read Write Inc, Get Reading Right and we can also work with other validated synthetic phonics programmes. (Please see https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/choosing-a-phonics-teaching-programme/contact-details-for-the-validated-systematic-synthetic-phonics-ssp-programmes for a list).
