Phonics Hero is currently available in three orders of sounds.
Aus. Sounds: Kindergarten – launching in late February, with Year 1 following by Easter.
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| Level | Playing with Sounds | Letters & Sounds | NSW Sequence | Aus. Sounds – Feb. 2026 |
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| 1 | s, m, c, t, g, p, a, o | A: s, a, t, p B: i, n, m, d |
A: s, a, t, p, i B: n, d, m |
s, a, t, p, i, m, f | |
| 2 | r, l, d, b, f, h, i, u | A: g, o, c, k B: ck, e, u, r |
A: g, o, c, k, ck B: e, u, r, h, b |
d, o, c, r, e, g, n | |
| 3 | v, w, y, z, j, n, k, e | A: h, b, f, l B: ff, ll, ss |
A: f & ff, l & ll, s & ss, z & zz B: sh, ch, th (voiced), th (unvoiced), ng |
A: h, l, j, u, k, b B: ff, ll, ss, ck |
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| 4 | ll, ss, ff, zz |
A: j, v, w, x B: y, z, zz, qu |
A: y (yes), y (by), j B: v & ve, w & wh, x, qu C: i_e, a_e, o_e, e_e, u_e |
qu, zz, sh, ch | |
| 5 | sh, ch, th, wh | A: ch, sh, th, ng B: ai, ee, igh, oa |
A: oi & oy (toy) B: ou & ow (cow) C: oa & ow (snow) |
A: v, x, y, z B: w & wh, th (unvoiced), th (voiced), ng |
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| 6 | ck, ng, qu, x | A: oo (zoo), oo (book), ar, or B: ur, ow, oi, ear C: air, ure, er |
A: ai & ay (say) B: ee, ea & e (me) C: oo & ew (soon) |
A: ee, ay, oo (zoo), oo (book), igh, oa B: CVCC & CCVC |
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| Part 2 – Year 1 | ||||
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| Level | Playing with Sounds | Letters & Sounds | NSW Sequence | |
| 7 | VCC, CCVC, CVCC words | A: CVCC, CCVC words B: Polysyllabic words |
A: /ay/ say – a_e, ai, ay, a B: /ee/ me – e_e, ea, ee, e, ey, y |
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| 8 | ee, ea, y, e |
Phase 5: New Graphemes for Reading:
A: ay, ou, ie, ea B: oy, ir, ue, aw C: wh, ph, ew, oe, au D: a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e, u_e |
A: /igh/ my – i_e, ie, i, y, igh B: /ow/ no – o_e, oa, ow, o, oe |
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| 9 | i, igh, y, ie, i_e |
Phase 5: Alternative Pronunciations:
A: i (fin vs. find), o (hot vs. cold), c (cat vs. cent), g (got vs. giant) B: u (but vs. put), ow (cow vs. blow), ie (tie vs. field), ea (eat vs. bread) C: er* (farmer vs. her), a (hat vs. salt), y (yes vs. by vs. very), ch (chin vs. school), ou (out vs. shoulder vs. could vs. you) |
A: /ar/ farm – ar, a* B: /or/ fork – or, aw*, ore C: /oo/ soon – u_e, ue, oo, ew |
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| 10 | o, oa, ow, o_e |
Phase 5: Alternative Spellings:
A: ch, tu, tch B: f, ff, ph |
A: /ow/ cow – ou, ow B: /e/ egg – e, ea C: /oy/ toy – oy, oi D: /er/ her – er, ir, ur |
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| 11 | a, ai, ay, a_e | A: j, dge, ge, g B: r, rr*, wr |
A: /oo/ look – u, oo, oul B: /er/ sister (AU/UK schwa) – er, ar, or C: /j/jab (soft g) – j, g, ge, dge |
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| 12 | oo, ew, ue, u_e | s, c, ce, ss, se |
A: /air/ air – air, are, ear B: /n/ in – n, kn, gn C: /sh/ shop – sh, ch D: /ear/ dear – ear, eer |
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| Part 3 – Year 2 | ||||
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| 13 | r, rr*, wr | sh, ci, ti | medial consonant doubles – tt, bb, dd, pp, mm, gg |
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| 14 | oi, oy | ai, a, ay, a_e | A: /u/ up – u, o, ou B: /o/ hot – o, a |
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| 15 | ph, f, ff | ee, ea, y, e | /l/ bottle (dark l) – le, el, al | |
| 16 | ow, ou | igh, i, y, ie, i_e | /n/ in – n, kn, gn | |
| 17 | c, ce, s, se, ss | oa, o, ow, o_e | /m/ mit – m, mm, me | |
| 18 | u, oo, oul | oo, ew, ue, u_e | /j/jab (soft g) – j, g, ge, dge | |
| 19 | ar, a* | u, oo, oul | /f/ fin – f, ff, ph | |
| 20 | ir, er, ear, ur, or | ir, er, ear, ur, or | /g/ gut (hard g) – g, gu | |
| 21 | or, au*, aw*, al*, ore | or, au*, aw*, al*, ore | /ch/ chair – ch, tch, t | |
| 22 | air, ear, are, ere | or, ir, er, ear, ur | /k/ kid – k, c, ck, ch | |
| 23 | j, dge, ge, g | ow, ou | /sh/ shop – sh, ti, si, ci | |
| 24 | ch, tch, tu | oi, oy | /r/ run – r, rr*, wr | |
| 25 | sh, ci, ti | air, ear, are, ere | /zh/ treasure – s, si, ge | |
| 26 | s, si (zh) | s, si (zh) | /s/ sat – s, se, c, ce | |
*Skip if using the American accent – not applicable.