Literacy Group

The purpose of this group is to support your child's literacy skill development including development of their letter-sound knowledge, phonological awareness, reading and spelling as well as oral language skills to support literacy success!

This program will be run by a speech pathologist and will use a systematic synthetics phonics approach (SoundsWrite) and incorporate multi-sensory approaches to learning to read and spell to support engagement.   The group will be tailored to where your child is at with their language and literacy development, and will be matched for peers who have similar goals for reading and spelling.

The group will cover the following areas:

• Print awareness

• Phonological awareness including segmenting and blending, sound, syllable and and rhyme identification

• Systematic phonics instruction through the SoundsWrite Program

• Oral language supports for building reading comprehension

• In the group the therapist will lead activities such as shared book reading on the mat, reading and spelling activities at the table and practice of routines/transitions, with an opportunity for interaction with peers over snack!

Program Format: 

This group runs for 5x 90 minute fortnightly sessions during Term 3 and 4:

• Thursday 28th August, 2:15pm - 3:45pm

• Thursday 11th September, 2:15pm - 3:45pm

• Thursday 9th October, 2:15pm - 3:45pm

• Thursday 23rd October, 2:15pm - 3:45pm

• Thursday 6th November, 2:15pm - 3:45pm (note session will not run over the school holidays).

Sessions will include time for parent handover and explanation of home practice activities.