Soundwaves Spelling Program

This year we will be working in partnership to assist children in learning phonics/sounds during 2023.

Week 3

The sound ‘b’ is most frequently represented by the grapheme /b/ (e.g ball, table, web)

The grapheme /bb/ is seen in the middle of words, a]er short vowel sounds (e.g. rabbit, cabbage)

The grapheme /pb/ is an unusual way to represent (e.g. cupboard, raspberry)

Week 4

The sound ‘a’ is used at the start and in the middle of words, but never at the end of words (e.g. apple, black)

When the le\er ‘a’ is before the sound m, n or ng it sounds slightly different than when it is before other consonant phonemes. You can say pan and pat to hear the difference.

The sound ‘a’ is almost always represented by the grapheme ‘a’ with very few excepKons (e.g. salmon, plait, meringue)

A reminder – all students from Year 1 to Year 6 are able to log into Sound Waves with their class code. Class codes are available from classroom teachers.

Lunar New Year

On Monday lanterns were hung in the Piazza to recognise Lantern Day and the end of the Chinese New Year celebraKons that concluded on Sunday 5 February.