Year 1 Curriculum Map
Click here to see our Year 1 curriculum overview for 2025-2026.
Phonics in Year 1
We follow the programme ULS in Year 1. We begin the year on Phase 4.
Children entering Phase 4 will be able to represent each of 42 phonemes by a grapheme and be able to blend phonemes to read CVC words and segment CVC words for spelling. They will have some experience in reading simple two-syllable words and captions. They will know letter names and be able to read and spell some common exception words.
The purpose of this phase is to consolidate children’s knowledge of graphemes in reading and spelling words containing adjacent consonants and polysyllabic words.
Here is an overview of the GPCS (sounds) that we are learning in the Autumn term:
