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Class Teaching Tools Set
Graphemes
Fiction
Non Fiction
Phase 1
4 Bridging Brands
Comics for
Phonics
gock
4
ckeur
5
hbf ff l ll ss
6
jvwx
7
yz zz qu
8
ch sh th ng
9
ai ee igh oa
oo
10
ar or ur ow
oi
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Year & Term
BB
RR
Reception
term 1
Lilac
n/a
Pink A
1
Pink B
2
Red A
3
Red B
4
Red C
5
1-2 s a t p i n m d
3
5 KS2/P4-7
Fiction
Non Fiction
NEW
Comics
Assessment
Reception
term 2
Phase 2
Phase 3
Reception
term 3
11 ear air ure er
Phase 4
12
Consolidation
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Bug Club Reading Level - Year 1/P2
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1 Reception/P1
2 Year 1/P2
3 Year 2/P3
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Class Teaching Tools
Set
Graphemes
Fiction
Non Fiction
Prepare
and Assess
13
wp ph
14
ay a-e eigh ey ei
(long a)
15
ea e-e ie ey y
(long e)
16
ie i-e y i
(long i)
17
ow o-e o oe
(long o)
18
ew ue u-e (long
u) u oul (short oo)
19
aw au al
20
ir er ear
21
ou oy
22
eer ere
are ear
23
c k ck ch
24
c(i) c(y) sc stl
25
g(e) g(i) g(y)
26
le mb kn gn wr
27
tch ch c(ial)
ss(ion) t(ion)
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Comics for Phonics
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Comics for
Phonics
Year & Term
Year 1
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term 3
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Phase 4
KS1 Teaching
Support
4 Bridging Brands
BB
RR
Yellow A
6
Yellow B
7
Yellow C
8
Blue
A
9
Blue
B
10
Blue
C
11
Green A
12
Green B
13
Green C
14
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Plays to
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NEW
Comics
Assessment
Bug Club Reading Level - Year 2/P3
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Year and Term
Book Band
RR
Orange A
15
Orange B
16
Turquoise A
17
Turquoise A
18
Purple A
19
Purple B
20
Gold A
21
Gold B
22
Fiction
NEW
Non Fiction
Phase 5
Year 2
term 1
Year 2
term 2
Phase 6
Year 2
term 3
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Assessment
Bug Club Reading Level - Bridging Brands
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Year and Term
Bridging
Bands
Book Band
RR
White A
23
White B
24
Lime A
25
Lime B
26
Fiction
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Year 2
term 3
KS2 Assessment
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Assessment
Bug Club Reading Level - KS2/P4-7
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5 KS2/P4-7
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Year and Term
Year 3
term 1
Year 3/
P4
Year 4
term 1
Year 5
term 1
Year 5/
P6
Year 6
term 1
Year 6/
P7
NEW
Non Fiction
Comics
Plays to Read
Grey A
28
Grey B
Blue A
29
Blue B
Red A
Year 6
term 2
Year 6
term 3
Stamina
Brown B
Year 5
term 2
Year 5
term 3
Fiction
27
Year 4
term 2
Year 4
term 3
RR
Brown A
Year 3
term 2
Year 3
term 3
Year 4/
P5
Book Band
30
Red B
Key
Red Plus A
Year 6+
(Above floor)
N/A
BB
Book Band
RR
Reading Recovery Level
Year and Term In which a child should be confident reading at to be on track to achieve
end of year expectations from the English National Curriculum.
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Grammar and Spelling Bug
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3 Year 2/P3
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5 KS2/P4-7
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Year
Groups
Games
Videos
Teaching
Guidance
Diagnostic
checks
Summative
assessment
Years 1-2 / P2-3
120+
32
15+
15+
32
Years 3-4 / P4-5
60+
14
6+
6+
14
Years 5-6 / P6-7
90+
23
16+
16+
23
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