Phase 3 begins with the last of the less common single consonant sounds and moves on to teach more consonant and vowel digraphs and trigraphs. Which sound you begin on depends on the results of the baseline check. Phase 3 is expected to be taught towards the end of the summer term in reception, however if phonics teaching begins by roughly Week 3 of the Year 1 Autumn term; there is no harm in recapping Phase 3 sounds as all the sounds will be able to be covered way before the phonics check in June. Note: Sounds ‘th’ and ‘oo’ have alternative pronunciations as shown below: