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Sound Waves Online Virtual Tour Foundation

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Find out everything you need to know about using Sound Waves Online for Foundation.
Introduce the focus sound as a school

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Sound Waves Spelling has been carefully structured so that for any given week the focus sound is the same across Years 1 to 6. This consistency makes it easy to introduce the focus as a whole school.
Sound Waves Spelling and synthetic phonics: The facts

Sound Waves Spelling

Systematic synthetic phonics has been in the spotlight lately, with the trial of a Year 1 Phonics Check in South Australia and the New South Wales government allocating funding for decodable texts. So what exactly is systematic synthetic phonics? What evidence is there…
The foundation of reading and spelling success

Sound Waves Spelling

The first year of school is a big deal for students, full of excitement, change and a new beast called written language. While we have a natural capacity to learn speech, we must be taught explicitly how to read and…
Tricks of the trade: Tackling words that are difficult to segment

Sound Waves Spelling

Segmenting words into phonemes (sounds) and graphemes is an essential skill for spelling success. Some words are fairly straightforward to segment, such as shop (/sh/o/p/) or chain (/ch/ai/n/), but what about fox or argue?
Get your whole school on board with Sound Waves Spelling

Sound Waves Spelling

Immersing your students and staff in the Sound Waves Spelling approach will work wonders for your spelling results. So, if your school is using Sound Waves Spelling in multiple year levels, then boost your whole-school approach with these ideas. …
Use the Segmenting Tool anytime!

Sound Waves Spelling

While segmenting is an essential skill to practise during your Sound Waves Spelling lessons, don’t forget to look out for segmenting opportunities during all other curriculum lessons. 

Start the week with story time

Sound Waves Spelling

Why not introduce this week’s focus sound with one of the Sound Waves Spelling Recommended Stories?
Which approach works best: Systematic synthetic phonics or embedded phonics?

Sound Waves Spelling

When it comes to spelling, a large body of evidence identifies phonics as a vital component of instruction in the primary years. Most educators are aware of this consensus, but debate continues to linger regarding the effectiveness of two specific…