Course handbook · Ages 4–7

From one sound
to a whole book

Twelve weeks. Twenty-four live sessions. Forty-two sounds — and a storybook read aloud to a room of parents.

42Sounds
24Sessions
4Per group
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The sound wall

All forty-two sounds

Tap any sound to hear it read aloud — exactly how we teach it — every one has a picture cue your child will recognise instantly.

Week by week

What happens, and when

Six stages, two weeks each. Assessment weeks are marked — those are the ones where you get numbers, not impressions.

Weeks one & two
Week 01

First six sounds

/s/ /a/ /t/ /i/ /p/ /n/

Six letters, and by session two your child blends their first three-letter word without help.

What you'll hear at home“sat”, “tap”, “pin” — read, not guessed.
Week 02

Building the alphabet

/c/ /k/ /e/ /h/ /r/ /m/ /d/

Two letters can share one sound. First full sentence read aloud: the cat sat on the mat.

What you'll hear at homeA whole sentence, out loud, unaided.
Weeks three & four
Week 03

All 26 letters

/g/ /o/ /u/ /l/ /f/ /b/

Every single letter now has a sound attached. Tricky words begin: I, the, to, he, she.

What you'll hear at home“That one's tricky — I just know it.”
Assessment Week 04

Assessment one

26 sounds · 20 words

Nonsense words prove real decoding rather than memorisation. First formal report goes home.

What you'll hear at homeYour first written report, with numbers.
Weeks five & six
Week 05

Two letters, one sound

/ai/ /j/ /oa/ /ie/

Digraphs open up hundreds of new words — rain, boat, pie, tie all become readable.

What you'll hear at homeStreet signs start getting read to you.
Week 06

Long vowels settle

/ee/ /or/

Mixed drills, plus tricky words that refuse to follow rules: said, come, there, they.

What you'll hear at home“Said doesn't play fair.”
Weeks seven & eight
Week 07

Sounds at the end

/z/ /w/ /ng/ /v/ /oo/ /oo/

One spelling, two sounds — book and moon. Children learn to try both and pick what makes sense.

What you'll hear at homeSelf-correction, without being told.
Assessment Week 08

Assessment two

/y/ /x/ /ch/ /sh/ /th/ /th/

Thirty sounds, timed passage, and a mid-programme call with parents to review progress.

What you'll hear at homeA timed passage you'll hear on the call.
Weeks nine & ten
Week 09

The last digraphs

/qu/ /ou/ /oi/ /ue/

Quiz, cloud, coin, blue. The final gaps in the sound system close this week.

What you'll hear at homeAlmost nothing on a page is off-limits.
Week 10

All 42 complete

/er/ /ar/

Full sound wall recall, fifty mixed words read cold, and the third tricky-word set.

What you'll hear at homeFifty unseen words, read cold.
Weeks eleven & twelve
Week 11

Blends and doubles

bl cr st · nd mp lk

Blends are separate sounds heard fast, not new sounds. A full page of connected text.

What you'll hear at homeA full page, in one sitting.
Assessment Week 12

The showcase

One whole book

Your child reads a story aloud, live, to an audience of parents. Certificate awarded, recording sent.

What you'll hear at homeA recording you will keep for years.
Week twelve

Your child reads a whole book aloud, live.

To an audience of parents. Certificate awarded, recording sent — the one you keep for years.

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