Year 1 Phonics Check and the Australian Curriculum

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Overview

This document explains how the 40 test items on the Year 1 Phonics Check align with the Australian Curriculum.

Who is this document for?

Foundation to Year 2 teachers; school leaders

What will you learn?

How each word type from the Year 1 Phonics Check is matched with the relevant
Australian Curriculum V9 references. These word types refer to the phonics code included in the word, or the phonemic complexity of the word.

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