Essential Letters and Sounds: Essential Phonic Readers: Oxford Reading Level 1+: The Bug Bus - Softcover

Reilly, Carmel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1382037929 ISBN 13: 9781382037921

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2022

Synopsis

The Bug Bus - Fully Decodable Phonics Reader for Reception Autumn 1 Week 6 | Essential Letters and Sounds Aligned

The Bug Bus is a fully decodable phonics reader aligned to Reception Autumn 1 Week 6 of Essential Letters and Sounds. This engaging book helps children apply their phonics learning in context through fun and accessible reading. Perfect for early readers, it supports systematic phonics progression and complements existing decodable readers from Oxford University Press.

Essential Letters and Sounds (ELS) is a Department for Education validated synthetic phonics programme, developed by the Knowledge Schools Trust English Hub to help children learn to read quickly and confidently.

Structured around daily lessons and matched to the progression of the original Letters and Sounds framework, ELS provides a clear, systematic approach to phonics. Each stage is supported by engaging decodable books, interactive resources, and practical guidance for parents and teachers.

Used in classrooms across the UK, ELS is designed to build fluent readers, confident speakers, and willing writers. Affordable, flexible, and easy to implement, it works seamlessly with existing resources while offering everything needed to support children's literacy journey both at school and at home.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1382037929
• ISBN 13: 9781382037921
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Reeves Pauline
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 12