Literacy is one of Curriculum for Wales’ mandatory cross-curricular skills. It’s particularly important for teachers to teach reading effectively, as this skill is used across many areas of learning and in life beyond the classroom.

Curriculum for Wales also advocates a systematic and consistent approach to phonics – teaching learners the phonemenes that make up different graphemes in a progressive way, from the simplest units of sound to the more complex.

A Systematic Phonics Programme

Step-by-step progression

Our programme introduces letter sounds progressively, in a specific order. We teach the 42 letter sounds in seven groups to enable children to blend and segment words efficiently.

Multi-sensory approach

Children learn sounds through actions, songs, and stories – making it engaging and effective for a range of learning preferences, including SEND and ESL.

Systematic teaching

The programme ensures that children master one set of sounds before moving on to blending and reading words.

Blending and segmenting

As soon as children learn a few sounds, they are taught to blend them into words. This helps them decode words early and develop their reading confidence.

Consistent and cumulative

The learning in our programme builds on previous knowledge, reinforcing skills through repetition and application in both reading and writing.

Why Jolly Phonics?

We understand that choosing a phonics programme is an investment and a decision with long-term impact for your school. Our phonics programme:

extends from Reception to Year 6
is adaptable – choose the teaching methods that work best for your school: print, digital (Jolly Classroom) or a combination
is fun and engaging, with a range of high-quality resources that get children excited about literacy
is aligned with the Science of Reading (a body of research into how children learn to read and write, and the most effective ways to teach them)
is aligned with the Welsh Curriculum
offers a range of training options – including tailor-made sessions and online courses

Affordable

It’s our aim to improve global literacy and our resources are priced accordingly, at a cost that’s transparent and affordable.

We also offer a free trial of our digital platform Jolly Classroom, so you can try it out for yourself before subscribing!

Proven Results

Jolly Phonics has been influential in the development and popularisation of phonics worldwide. Our programmes have seen noticeable results in the UK and diverse countries around the world.

This can be seen clearly in the recent 2021 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS). Countries that have integrated Jolly Phonics into their primary education curriculum have seen notable improvements in their PIRLS score.

Ireland, in particular, shot up 8 places in the league table – from 10th in the world in 2011 to 2nd in the world in 2021! This was achieved through 86% of Irish primary schools choosing Jolly Phonics as their dedicated phonics programme. Singapore, Hong Kong and England also performed well (ranking 1st, 3rd and 6th place respectively).

“Jolly Classroom has been a saviour to me. Having lessons and activities ready to go saves so much time and allows me to channel my energy into other areas. The content of Jolly Classroom activities aligns perfectly with the planning documents that have been created and very importantly, the children engage very positively through the IWB.”

Teacher

Our Lady’s RC Primary School

Get In Touch!

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Jolly Phonics has been influential in the development and popularisation of phonics worldwide. Our programmes have seen noticeable results in the UK and diverse countries around the world.