This is the term used to capture the centuries-old division in education on which method is best for teaching reading: an approach that focuses heavily on the sounds letters make and how they combine ...

Across all pupils in Wigan, 80 per cent met the required phonics standard. It means children eligible for free school meals in the area lagged well behind their peers. Nationally, ...

Today, children are taught to read using phonics, which is all about the sounds that make up words. Children start by learning the letters and the sounds they make, and how to put them together to ...

The Department for Education has now released the results of the 2023/24 school year phonics screening check, a test children ...

Before this stage though, children have been learning phonics skills since they were born; differentiating between sounds such as their mother’s voice and a phone ringing, or trees rustling and ...

The survey of literacy concepts was administered by a University of Alberta professor and designed to highlight how equipped ...

English Vocabulary: Features a range of vocabulary lessons on themes like transport, family, safari animals, and school-related topics, all designed to align with children’s everyday experiences.

Studies show that children learning by the explicit and systematic phonics method are up to two years ahead of their peers. Even more so, just two months of teaching phonics has been shown to put ...

Phonics is an important skill for young children learning to read. Four out of five Year 1 primary school pupils passed their phonics screening tests this year. This is an important test children ...