Phonics Hero is available in two orders of sounds: Letters & Sounds and Playing with Sounds. When you first log in to Phonics Hero, you will be able to choose the order of sounds to suit your lesson.
From February 2023, Phonics Hero will also be mapped to the NSW Order. For now, choose the (very similar) Letters and Sounds order; you will easily be able to change this in February.
| Part 1 | ||||
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| Level | Letters and Sounds | Playing with Sounds | ||
| Match with: | e.g. Little Wandle Phonics or Twinkl Download a PDF of the order. |
Download a PDF of the order. |
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| 1 | Phase 2:
A) s, a, t, p B) i, n, m, d |
s, m, c, t, g, p, a, o | ||
| 2 | A) g, o, c, k B) ck, e, u, r |
r, l, d, b, f, h, i, u | ||
| 3 | A) h, b, f, l B) ff, ll, ss |
v, w, y, z, j, n, k, e | ||
| 4 | Phase 3:
A) j, v, w, x B) y, z, zz, qu |
ll, ss, ff, zz | ||
| 5 | A) ch, sh, th, ng B) ai, ee, igh, oa |
sh, ch, th, wh | ||
| 6 | A) oo (zoo), oo (book), ar, or B) ur, ow, oi, ear C) air, ure, er |
ck, ng, qu, x | ||
| Part 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Letters and Sounds | Playing with Sounds | ||
| 7 | Phase 4:
A) CVCC, CCVC words B) Polysyllabic words |
VCC, CCVC, CVCC words | ||
| 8 | 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 |
ee, ea, y, e | ||
| 9 | 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. what), y (yes vs. by vs. very), ch (chin vs. school), ou (out vs. shoulder vs. could vs. you) |
i, igh, y, ie, i_e | ||
| 10 | Phase 5: Alternative Spellings:
A) ch, tu, tch B) f, ff, ph |
o, oa, ow, o_e | ||
| 11 | A) j, dge, ge, g
B) r, rr, wr |
a, ai, ay, a_e | ||
| 12 | s, c, ce, ss, se | oo, ew, ue, u_e | ||
| Part 3 | ||||
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| Level | Letters and Sounds | Playing with Sounds | ||
| 13 | sh, ci, ti | r, rr, wr | ||
| 14 | ai, a, ay, a_e | oi, oy | ||
| 15 | ee, ea, y, e | ph, f, ff | ||
| 16 | igh, i, y, ie, i_e | ow, ou | ||
| 17 | oa, o, ow, o_e | c, ce, s, se, ss | ||
| 18 | oo, ew, ue, u_e | u, oo, oul | ||
| 19 | u, oo, oul | ar, a | ||
| 20 | ar, a | ir, er, ear, ur, or | ||
| 21 | or, au, aw, al, ore | or, au, aw, al, ore | ||
| 22 | or, ir, er, ear, ur | air, ear, are, ere | ||
| 23 | ow, ou | j, dge, ge, g | ||
| 24 | oi, oy | ch, tch, tu | ||
| 25 | air, ear, are, ere | sh, ci, ti | ||
| 26 | s, si (zh) | s, si (zh) | ||