Phonics Teaching

Teaching early years children to read using phonics

Despite his initial scepticism about using synthetic phonics to help young children learn to read, Steve Mynard enthuses about its benefits

Planning for behaviour management

You can have a positive impact on behaviour throughout the school year by considering key areas now, says Dave Stott, such as school policy, the class environment and preparing for a new and different group of students

New resource for teaching synthetic phonics

A six-phase programme for teaching phonics aims to help children become fluent readers by the age of seven read more

The importance of reading in primary schools

Reading should be a primary school's biggest priority, says Steve Mynard, editor of Primary Headship

Synthetic phonics: more research needed

As the Rose review of the teaching of early reading continues, primary SENCOs will be interested in the latest research findings contributing to the debate on the merits of synthetic phonics teaching

Pilot studies on how to make every child a reader

Pilot schemes designed to examine the practical questions of building on phonics teaching are already present in primary schools and early years settings, while SENCOs will be especially interested in reported benefits of intensive one-to-one individual support in this area read more

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