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Phase 1

Systematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP) is an evidence-based, structured method of teaching reading whereby students are taught the link between letters and the speech sounds they represent. SSP uses a bottom-up approach that does not start with whole words but with the most basic sound unit - the phoneme. The reading process involves decoding or ‘breaking’ words into separate sounds that are blended together to read an unknown word.

Revalidated in 2021 as meeting 100% of the DFE criteria for teaching systematic synthetc phonics, Bug Club Phonics combines 180 fully decodable readers to help all children in your school learn to read by the age of six in a fun and accessible way.