Explorers – Expanding Literacy Knowledge

The Explorers Hub is designed for children aged 5 - 10 years who have already mastered basic sounds and digraphs and are ready to expand their understanding of how letters work together to form more complex words.

This hub helps them understand that the same sound can be spelled in more than one way, such as 'ai' and 'ay', and that spelling choices often depend on word position or meaning. This stage encourages children to think like problem solvers, noticing patterns, comparing words, and applying what they’ve learned.

Each of the 8 workshops builds on the previous one, reinforcing literacy through structured, evidence-based learning to improve fluency and confidence. The content in this hub is designed to align with the second year of schooling under The New Zealand Curriculum. What Your Child Will Learn

✔ Recognise and apply long vowel sounds and letter teams.
✔ Read and write words with more complex spelling patterns.
✔ Develop confidence in reading and writing full sentences.
✔ Strengthen fluency by practising new sounds in structured lessons. Everything You Get With the Hub

✔ 10 workshops with lifetime access.
✔ Led by literacy educators.
✔ Aligned with the New Zealand Curriculum.
✔ Based on proven Structured Literacy approach.
✔ Includes real examples you can follow at home.
✔ Only 45 minutes per workshop.
✔ Understand how your child learns to read and write. Is This the Right Hub for My Child?

To check if your child is ready for this hub, try this simple quiz.