Spelfabet

7-11 April holiday phonics groups

Do you know a Melbourne* child in their first three years of schooling who needs a phonemic awareness and phonics boost?

During school holidays, the Speech Pathologists at Spelfabet in North Fitzroy run intensive explicit, systematic synthetic phonics therapy groups for children in their first three years of schooling needing extra help with learning to read and spell.

Each group runs for an hour a day for a week, plus daily homework activities. We provide all necessary resources, including sets of quality decodable readers. Children are carefully matched, with an maximum ratio of four children per Speech Pathologist, allowing for a high-intensity session.

The groups run at a fast pace with a mix of activities, and include plenty of games, fun and opportunities to make friends. On 7-11 April 2025, children will practise building, spelling and reading:

• VC and CVC words like ‘at’, ‘in’, ‘hop’, ‘bus’, ‘jet’, ‘fan’ and ‘zip’. Starting time: 8am.

• CVCC, CCVC, CCVCC, CCCVC and CVCCC words like ‘help’, ‘drop’, ‘crust’, ‘stamp’ and ‘bends’. Starting time: 10am.

• Words containing consonant digraphs like ‘fresh’, ‘champ’, ‘thing’, ‘quack’, and ‘when’. Starting time: 1.30pm.

Children not already on our caseload need to attend a short screening session before the end of term to check if our groups would suit them, and if so, which one. Please contact admin@spelfabet.com.au, call (03) 8528 0138 to book in, or see www.spelfabet.com.au/groups for more information.

^{* For overseas readers, we’re in an inner northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.}