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PHONICS: Phase 3
English
KS1
About the class
KS1 Phonics – Phase 3 Progression
Support the next step in your child's phonics journey with our engaging Phase 3 Phonics lessons.
Across six interactive small group lessons, learners build on their existing phonics knowledge by learning the remaining letter sounds, along with common digraphs and trigraphs.
They'll develop confidence reading and spelling words with these new graphemes, learn more tricky words, and begin reading and writing longer captions and simple sentences with increasing fluency.
Through games, practical activities and plenty of opportunities to read, write and explore sounds together, children strengthen the decoding skills needed to become accurate, confident readers.
This 6-lesson block covers:
Remaining single-letter graphemes
Common digraphs and trigraphs
Blending and segmenting words with new sounds
Reading and spelling longer words
Common tricky words
Reading captions and simple sentences
Building reading fluency, spelling confidence and independent phonics skills
Suitable for children who have secured Phase 2 phonics or those who would benefit from revisiting and strengthening Phase 3 skills.
Class at a glance
Time
Day
Duration
Start Date
End Date
Cost
Sessions:
Tutor:
9:30
Monday
30
7 September 2026
16 October 2026
30
6
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£5
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Recording after each class
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Worksheets & Resources
per lesson / £30 total
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What you'll learn this block
Week 1
WEEK 1: New Letter Sounds
Introduce j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu • Blend and segment words using all known Phase 2 and new Phase 3 graphemes • Read and spell simple words containing the new sounds.
Week 4
WEEK 4: More Vowel Digraphs
Introduce ar, or, ur, ow, oi • Blend and segment words with new graphemes (e.g. farm, fork, curl, cow, coin) • Apply tricky words was, my, you in reading and writing.
Week 2
WEEK 2: Meet the Digraphs
Introduce ch, sh, th, ng • Read and spell words containing consonant digraphs (e.g. ship, chat, ring, thin) • Continue blending and segmenting accurately • Introduce tricky words he, she, we, me, be.
Week 5
WEEK 5: Trigraphs & Longer Words
Introduce ear, air, ure, er • Read and spell words containing trigraphs and alternative vowel sounds • Read simple sentences fluently • Introduce tricky words they, all, are, her.
Week 3
WEEK 3: Long Vowel Sounds
Introduce ai, ee, igh, oa, oo (long & short) • Read and spell words containing vowel digraphs (e.g. rain, feet, night, boat, moon, book) • Read captions with increasing fluency.
Week 6
WEEK 6: Phase 3 Mastery Consolidate all Phase 3 graphemes
(j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu, ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er) • Blend and segment confidently • Read and spell unfamiliar words • Apply Phase 3 tricky words through reading, sentence writing, dictation and practical assessment.
Blocks
Block 1
WEEK 1: New Letter Sounds
Introduce j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu • Blend and segment words using all known Phase 2 and new Phase 3 graphemes • Read and spell simple words containing the new sounds.
Block 4
WEEK 4: More Vowel Digraphs
Introduce ar, or, ur, ow, oi • Blend and segment words with new graphemes (e.g. farm, fork, curl, cow, coin) • Apply tricky words was, my, you in reading and writing.
Block 2
WEEK 2: Meet the Digraphs
Introduce ch, sh, th, ng • Read and spell words containing consonant digraphs (e.g. ship, chat, ring, thin) • Continue blending and segmenting accurately • Introduce tricky words he, she, we, me, be.
Block 5
WEEK 5: Trigraphs & Longer Words
Introduce ear, air, ure, er • Read and spell words containing trigraphs and alternative vowel sounds • Read simple sentences fluently • Introduce tricky words they, all, are, her.
Block 3
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RECORDED CLASS
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Live lesson places are limited to 10 learners per lesson to ensure the best learning experience. Recorded Classes are available to everyone and does not include live learning.