RCI-00351 · Phonemic Awareness

Phonemic Awareness — Upper Primary Mastery Skill Builder · 1-to-1

Hear, identify and manipulate the sound structures that underpin confident reading. This version is designed for ages 10–12 at mastery level through personalised individual tuition.

Upper PrimaryMastery1-to-1Skill Builder9 learning hours
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What you should be able to do

  • Develop secure sound discrimination with leadership-level depth and transfer.
  • Develop increasingly independent blending with leadership-level depth and transfer.
  • Develop applied segmenting with leadership-level depth and transfer.
  • Develop confident phoneme manipulation with leadership-level depth and transfer.
  • Apply Phonemic Awareness skills through structured practice appropriate to ages 10–12.
  • Reflect on progress, explain strategies used and identify a clear next step.

Course journey

Unit 1 · Listening for SoundsFocus: sound discrimination

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 10–12.

Unit 2 · Blend It TogetherFocus: blending

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 10–12.

Unit 3 · Break Words ApartFocus: segmenting

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 10–12.

Unit 4 · Sound Change ChallengeFocus: phoneme manipulation

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 10–12.

How learning is evidenced

Practice evidence

Short activities, reading responses, writing tasks, discussion or applied practice depending on the pathway.

Completion task

A final age- and level-appropriate task demonstrating the key course outcomes. Successful completion can generate an RCI certificate of completion; it is not presented as a regulated qualification.

Who this pathway is for

This pathway is designed for Upper Primary learners (ages 10–12) who want to develop sound discrimination, blending, segmenting, phoneme manipulation at Mastery level.

Progression

After completion, learners can move into a higher-level pathway within Phonemic Awareness, apply the skill in another literacy domain, join a Reading Ambassador pathway, or continue through the Reading Passport and Literacy App.

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