That a letter can represent more than one sound and...

Quick preparation

• understand that a letter can represent more than one sound and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound
• recognising that letters can have more than one sound; for example, the letter “u” in “cut”, “put”, “use” and the letter “a” in “cat”, “father”, “any”
• recognising sounds that can be produced by different letters; for example, the “s” sound in “sat” and “cent”