RCI-00877 · Phonics

Phonics — Early Years Foundation Creative Challenge · Club / Workshop

Connect sounds and letters to build accurate, confident decoding. This version is designed for ages 4–6 at foundation level through social, activity-rich workshop learning.

Early YearsFoundationClub / WorkshopCreative Challenge4 learning hours
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outcomescourse journeyprogression

What you should be able to do

  • Develop secure grapheme–phoneme correspondence with clear guided foundations.
  • Develop increasingly independent decoding with clear guided foundations.
  • Develop applied word building with clear guided foundations.
  • Develop confident automatic recognition with clear guided foundations.
  • Apply Phonics skills through playful creation appropriate to ages 4–6.
  • Reflect on progress, explain strategies used and identify a clear next step.

Course journey

Unit 1 · Sound–Letter ConnectionsFocus: grapheme–phoneme correspondence

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 4–6.

Unit 2 · Blend to ReadFocus: decoding

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 4–6.

Unit 3 · Build the WordFocus: word building

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 4–6.

Unit 4 · Read with ConfidenceFocus: automatic recognition

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 4–6.

How learning is evidenced

Practice evidence

Short activities, reading responses, writing tasks, discussion or applied practice depending on the pathway.

Completion task

A final age- and level-appropriate task demonstrating the key course outcomes. Successful completion can generate an RCI certificate of completion; it is not presented as a regulated qualification.

Who this pathway is for

This pathway is designed for Early Years learners (ages 4–6) who want to develop grapheme–phoneme correspondence, decoding, word building, automatic recognition at Foundation level.

Progression

After completion, learners can move into a higher-level pathway within Phonics, apply the skill in another literacy domain, join a Reading Ambassador pathway, or continue through the Reading Passport and Literacy App.

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