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Year 1 - Little Wandle Phonics

In response to requests from teachers, we have provided below a set of resources that support the Little Wandle phonics scheme. We do not make any claim on the Little Wandle scheme but are simply trying to provide support and tools for teachers following the scheme. 

Week 1a
ai & ee

rain
wait
train
paid
afraid
see
tree
green
meet
week

Week 1b
igh & oa

high
night
light
bright
right
boat
coat
road
coach
goal

Week 1c
oo & ar

food
pool
moon
zoo
soon
car
start
park
arm
garden

Week 1d
or & ur

for
short
born
horse
morning
turn
hurt
church burst
Thursday

Week 1e
ow & oi

own
blow
snow
grow
show
oil
soil
join
coin
point
dear
hear
beard
near
year

Autumn 1

Week 2a - air

air
fair
pair
hair
chair

Autumn 1

Week 2b - er

her
term
verb
person
better

Autumn 1

Week 2c - /z/ plurals -s/-es

cats
dogs
rocks
boys
girls
——
buses
dresses
glasses
catches
watches

Autumn 1

Week 2d - words with two digraphs

church (ch+ur+ch)
Thursday (Th+ur+ay)
chair (ch+air)
sheep (sh+ee)
chain (ch + ai)
cheese (ch + ee)
ground (ou + nd)
morning (or + ng)

Autumn 1

Week 3a - CVCC

milk
hand
pond
jump
help
wind
tent
sink
belt
lamp

Autumn 1

Week 3b - CCVC

stop
frog
clap
trip
flat
step
from
grin
swim
drum

Autumn 1

Week 3c - CCVCC

black
clock
fresh
drink
brush
block
trunk
crack
think
grand

Autumn 1

Week 3d - CCCVC

string
spring
strong
splash
street
scratch
scream
stripe
sprint
throne

Autumn 1

Week 4a - /ai/ spelt ay

way
day
play
say
tray
sway
spray
clay
may
hay

Autumn 1

Week 4b - /ow/ spelt ou

out
shout
ouch
ground
hound
cloud
proud
found
count
loud

Autumn 1

Week 4c - /oi/ spelt oy

boy
toy
joy
annoy
employ
enjoy
ahoy
loyal
royal
destroy

Autumn 1

Week 4d - /ee/ spelt ea

teach
reach
cream
dream
stream
cheat
wheat
feast
each
treat

Week 1a
/ur/ spelt ir

bird
girl
shirt
skirt
third
first
stir
firm
dirt
twirl

Week 1b
/igh/ spelt ie

pie
tie
lie
died
tried
fried
cried
drier
pliers
untied

Week 1c
/oo/ /yoo/ spelt ue

blue
glue
true
rescue
clue
due
cue
argue
statue
value

Week 1d
/yoo/ spelt u

unicorn
unit
uniform
music
human
tulip
student
pupil
bugle
cubic

Autumn 2

Week 2a
/oa/ spelt o

go
no
so
old
cold
gold
hold
told
most
both

Autumn 2

Week 2b
/igh/ spelt i

tiger
pilot
spider
tiny
silent
climate
final
kind
find
wild

Autumn 2

Week 2c
/ai/ spelt a

paper
apron
baby
table
later
lady
basic
apricot
acorn

Autumn 2

Week 2d
he /ee/ spelt e

he
she
we
me
be
theme
these
even
complete
extreme

Autumn 2

Week 3a
/ai/ spelt a-e

make
take
cake
bake
shake
same
came
name
late
plate

Autumn 2

Week 3b
/igh/ spelt i-e

time
like
ride
hide
side
mile
smile
shine
five
wide

Autumn 2

Week 3c
/oa/ spelt o-e

home
bone
rose
nose
those
stone
broke
woke
chose
smoke

Autumn 2

Week 3d
/oo/ /yoo/ spelt u-e

cube
tube
tune
cute
mule
use
June
rule
huge
excuse

Autumn 2

Week 4a
/ee/ spelt e-e

these
theme
scene
complete
concrete
athlete
Chinese
extreme
evening
gene

Autumn 2

Week 4b
/oo/ /yoo/ spelt ew

new
chew
blew
grew
flew
threw
drew
crew
stew
screw

Autumn 2

Week 4c
/ee/ spelt ie

shield
field
chief
brief
belief
piece
priest
grief
yield
cookie

Autumn 2

Week 4d
/or/ spelt aw

claw
draw
straw
jaw
dawn
yawn
crawl
hawk
paw
saw

Autumn 2

Week 5a - /igh/

pie
tie
tiger
spider
time
like
find
wild
shine
five

Autumn 2

Week 5b - /ai/

play
day
paper
later
baby
shake
make
name
tray
spray

Autumn 2

Week 5c - /oa/

boat
road
go
old
home
rose
stone
woke
coat
goal

Autumn 2

Week 5d - /ee/

he
she
shield
field
these
theme
each
dream
treat
complete

Autumn 2

Week 5d - /ee/

he
she
shield
field
these
theme
each
dream
treat
complete

Week 1a
/ee/ y funny

funny
sunny
bunny
carry
happy
sadly
party
penny
puppy
jolly

Week 1b
/e/ ea head

head
bread
spread
thread
instead
dead
meant
ready
weather
heavy

Week 1c
/w/ wh wheel

wheel
when
whip
whisk
whale
whisper
whizz
while
whether
wheelbarrow

Week 1d
/oa/ oe ou toe, shoulder

toe
toes
goes
foe
hoe
doe
shoulder
boulder
mould

Spring 1

Week 2a
/igh/ y - fly

fly
cry
dry
try
why
spy
sky
reply
multiply
supply

Spring 1

Week 2b
/oa/ ow snow

snow
blow
grow
show
slow
below
yellow
window
own
tomorrow

Spring 1

Week 2c
/j/ g giant

giant
giraffe
gem
gentle
magic
ginger
gym
energy
digit
page

Spring 1

Week 2d
he /f/ ph phone

phone
dolphin
elephant
alphabet
photo
graph
phonics
phrase
trophy
sphere

Spring 1

Week 3a
le al apple, metal

apple
little
table
middle
bottle
metal
petal
animal
capital
total

Spring 1

Week 3b
/s/ c ice

ice
mice
rice
face
space
race
dance
fence
city
pencil

Spring 1

Week 3c
/v/ ve give

give
have
live
love
active
massive
native
solve
twelve

Spring 1

Week 4a
/u/ o-e o ou

some
come
mother
brother
love
young
touch
double
trouble
country

Spring 1

Week 4b
/z/ se

cheese
please
these
pause
noise
because
cause
rose
nose
close

Spring 1

Week 4c
/s/ se ce

mouse
house
fence
prince
dance
space
license
sentence
notice

Spring 1

Week 4d
/ee/ ey

donkey
monkey
turkey
hockey
key
honey
journey
chimney
valley
money

Spring 1

Week 5a
/oo/

fruit
soup
blue
new
cue
rescue
rule
June
group
chew

Spring 1

Week 5b
/ee/

each
theme
shield
key
funny
he
tea
dream
piece
green

Spring 1

Week 5c
/s/

ice
city
mouse
fence
pass
space
rice
dance
face
sentence

Spring 1

Week 5d
/z/

cheese
rose
close
please
those
pause
these
because
nose
cause

Spring 1

Week 5c
/oa/

snow
toe
shoulder
boat
home
show
grow
road
go
stone

Week 1a
/ur/ or

word
world
worm
worse
work
worth
worthy
worship
worked
worker

Week 1b
/oo/ u oul

full
pull
bull
would
could
should
awful
wolf
wooden
woolly

Week 1c
/air/

share
care
dare
bare
rare
stare
spare
square
compare
careful

Week 1d
/or/ au aur oor al

author
August
launch
haunt
pause
dinosaur
floor
door
walk
talk

Spring 2

Week 2a
tch

match
catch
hatch
patch
ditch
fetch
pitch
switch
stretch
scratch

Spring 2

Week 2b
/ch/ ture

adventure
future
picture
nature
capture
mixture
creature
furniture

Spring 2

Week 2c
/ar/ al

half
calf
palm
calm
almond
halfway
calves

Spring 2

Week 2d
/ar/ a

father
rather
path
bath
after
fast
grass
last
past
plant

Spring 2

Week 3a
/or/ a

water
wash
wander
swan
watch
squash
quality
wandered
wasp
what

Spring 2

Week 3b
Schwa in longer words

different
animal
capital
hospital
probably
parrot
carrot
around
support
remember

Spring 2

Week 3c
/o/ a

want
wander
wash
watch
wasp
what
swan
squash
quality
wallet

Spring 2

Week 3d
/air/ ear ere

bear
pear
wear
tear
there
where
here
careful
bearer
wearing

Spring 2

Week 4a
- /ur/ ear

learn
heard
earth
pearl
early
search
earn
learned
dearer
rehearsal

Spring 2

Week 4b
/r/ wr

wrist
write
wrong
wrap
wreck
wren
wrote
writing
wrapper
written

Spring 2

Week 4c
/s/ se ce

whistle
castle
listen
Christmas
fasten
hustle
bustle
nestle
thistle
wrestle

Spring 2

Week 4d
/s/ sc

science
scientist
scene
scent
scissors
discipline
ascend
fascinate
crescent
muscle

Spring 2

Week 5a
/c/ ch

school
scheme
echo
chorus
chemist
stomach
anchor
character
schooling
architect

Spring 2

Week 5b
/sh/ ch

chef
machine
brochure
parachute
moustache
charade
chalet

Spring 2

Week 5c
/z/ ze

freeze
sneeze
breeze
squeeze
wheeze
prize
size
amaze
citizen
craze

Week 1a
ay (play)

play
day
say
may
tray
sway
spray
clay
stay
away

Week 1b
a-e (shake)

make
take
cake
bake
shake
same
came
name
late
plate

Week 1c
ea (each)

each
teach
reach
dream
cream
stream
beach
clean
speak
team

Week 1d
e (he)

he
she
we
me
be
theme
these
even
complete
extreme

Summer 1​

Week 2a
ie (pie)

pie
tie
lie
died
fried
tried
cried
untied
replied
denied

Summer 1

Week 2b
i-e (time)

time
like
ride
hide
side
mile
smile
shine
five
wide

Summer 1

Week 2c
o (go)

go
no
so
old
cold
hold
gold
most
both
told

Summer 1

Week 2d
o-e (home)

home
bone
rose
nose
stone
those
woke
broke
smoke
chose

Summer 1

Week 3a
ue (blue/rescue)

blue
glue
true
rescue
clue
due
argue
value
statue
venue

Summer 1

Week 3b
ew (chew/new)

new
chew
blew
grew
flew
threw
drew
crew
stew
screw

Summer 1

Week 3c
u-e (rude/cute)

rude
cute
cube
tune
mule
use
rule
June
huge
excuse

Summer 1

Week 3d
aw (claw)

claw
draw
straw
jaw
dawn
yawn
crawl
hawk
paw
saw

Summer 1

Week 4a
-ea (head)

head
bread
spread
thread
dead
instead
ready
weather
heavy
meant

Summer 1

Week 4b
ir (bird)

bird
girl
shirt
skirt
third
first
stir
firm
dirt
twirl

Summer 1

Week 4c
ou (cloud)

out
shout
cloud
proud
found
ground
count
loud
hound
ouch

Summer 1

Week 4d
oy (toy)

boy
toy
joy
annoy
enjoy
employ
ahoy
royal
loyal
destroy

Summer 1

Week 5a
i (tiger)

tiger
pilot
spider
silent
tiny
final
climate
kind
find
wild

Summer 1

Week 5b
a (paper)

paper
apron
baby
table
later
lady
basic
acorn
April
apricot

Summer 1

Week 5c
ow (snow)

snow
blow
grow
show
slow
below
yellow
window
own
tomorrow

Summer 1

Week 5d
u (unicorn)

unicorn
unit
uniform
human
music
student
pupil
tulip
bugle
cubic

Summer 1

Week 6a
ph (phone)

phone
photo
dolphin
elephant
alphabet
phonics
phrase
graph
trophy
sphere

Summer 1

Week 6b
wh (wheel)

wheel
when
whip
whisk
whale
while
whisper
whether
whizz
wheat

Summer 1

Week 6c
ie (shield)

shield
field
chief
brief
belief
piece
grief
yield
priest
thief

Summer 1

Week 6d
g (giant)

giant
giraffe
gem
gentle
ginger
gym
energy
page
digit
magic

Week 1a
/ai/ eigh aigh ey ea

eight
eighteen
eighty
neighbour
weigh
straight
straighten
grey
prey
break

Week 1b
/n/ kn gn

knee
knock
knit
knot
knife
gnaw
gnome
gnat
sign
design

Week 1c
/m/ mb

thumb
lamb
comb
bomb
climb
crumb
dumb
numb
tomb
womb

Week 1d
/ear/ ere eer

here
mere
severe
deer
cheer
steer
peer
jeer
career
volunteer

Summer 2

Week 2a
/zh/ su si

treasure
measure
pleasure
vision
television
division
usual
usually
occasion
decision

Summer 2

Week 2b
/j/ dge

bridge
badge
edge
hedge
judge
fudge
lodge
smudge
budget
fridge

Summer 2

Week 2c
/i/ y

crystal
gym
myth
mystery
symbol
pyramid
system
rhythm
typical
oxygen

Summer 2

Week 2d
/j/ ge

large
charge
change
orange
village
package
garage
stage
huge
gentle

Summer 2

Week 3
/sh/ ti ssi si ci

potion
motion
station
nation
fiction
mission
permission
session
mansion
delicious

Summer 2

Week 3a
/or/ augh

daughter
caught
naughty
taught
fraught
slaughter
laughter
haughty
because
thought

Summer 2

Week 3b
/or/ our

four
pour
court
tour
your
journey
mourn
journal
source
course

Summer 2

Week 3c
/or/ oar

oar
roar
board
boar
soar
coastguard
aboard
hoard
oarsman
clipboard

Summer 2

Week 3d
/or/ ore

more
shore
store
bore
core
chore
before
score
ignore
explore

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