Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised

🎶 All around the world, parents, carers and educators instinctively sing rhymes and songs to little ones - and it’s no wonder! Rhyme time isn’t just joyful, it’s bursting with learning benefits too!

We’ve pulled together five great reasons to make Rhyme time a regular part of your provision. Planning for all 20 of our nursery rhymes is ready and waiting on the membership website. Don’t forget, you can share the rhymes with families via the public For parents area too!

Thinking about a new SSP for September? More than 5,500 schools are already Little Wandle members - many now in their fifth year with us and continuing to see great results 🧡

If you’re exploring your options for 2026/27, our free info briefings are the perfect place to find out what Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised membership could mean for your setting.

Join us on 8th or 24th June to learn more about:
🔸our ‘by schools, for schools, with schools’ approach
🔸Little Wandle pedagogy
🔸our comprehensive CPD programme for every member of your reading team

We’ve also got July dates available - we’d love to see you there!

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/

Every child deserves the chance to become a confident reader 🧡

We know how important it is that all children, including those with SEND and additional needs, receive the right support to help them succeed.

It’s always wonderful to see inspectors recognising the careful, systematic work happening in Little Wandle member schools.

Here are just a few examples of recent Ofsted feedback.

Teach reading: change lives.

What can stand in the way of building a rich reading culture in schools?

Lack of time, space or budget? The barriers are real, but so are the solutions.

For the National Year of Reading, we’re sharing practical ideas that can make a big difference.

Head to the Everybody read! area of the website for more Reading for Pleasure guidance, practical ideas and recommended reads.

Members! If you missed our last SEND Forum with Little Wandle Champion School St Giles School, Retford, you can now catch up in the SEND area of Recorded webinars on the website 🧡

Discover how the school has created a language and sensory-rich environment, along with practical ideas for making the most of story time for every child.

And don’t forget - our next SEND Forum takes place on 9th June and will focus on Autism.

Choose Ongoing CPD from the My Letters and Sounds dropdown menu to book your spot.

☀️ Members, your Summer 2 half-termly organisers are ready and waiting on the Headteachers, Reading Leaders, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 content landing pages.
Each organiser gives you:

✅ a clear overview of this half-term’s focus
✅ detailed guidance for teaching and assessment
✅ links to essential resources, blogs and CPD across the half-term

Here's a quick snapshot of key priorities for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2, but for all guidance, links and resources, head to the full half-termly organisers on your content landing pages.

🧡 Created with SEND experts, charities and schools, our videos and guidance in the Reaching every child area of the website share best practice for teaching children with a wide range of needs - including SLCN, vision impairment, SEMH, and non-verbal and deaf children. Here’s a sneak peek, and you can explore the full series by heading to the Reaching every child area of the website.