The Sounds-Write Blog
Phonics Screening Check – Tips for a Strong Start to the Academic Year (Australia)
Whilst the timing of this blog was prompted by the start of the new academic year in Australia, the guidance will be useful to teachers using a...
‘It shows parents phonics is important to us’: Donna Wilson-Smith, St Oswald’s C of E Primary School & Nursery
Donna Wilson-Smith, Headteacher at St Oswald’s Church of England Primary School and Nursery and a former Sounds-Write Literacy Specialist, shares...
Why Our Corporate Social Responsibility Award Means So Much to Us
On the 5th December, I had the absolute joy of attending the Education Today Awards, joining hundreds of educators and organisations to celebrate...
Sounds-Write Initial Code app comes top of the class
With more than 9,000 apps marketed as supporting early reading development, parents and educators find it almost impossible to choose truly...
‘It´s worked better than anything previously’: Sophie Cox, Toner Avenue School
Toner Avenue School has achieved Silver School accreditation for their commitment to delivering high-quality phonics. Sophie Cox, Phonics Lead,...
‘Children develop more independence as readers and writers’: Ruth Verrill, Whinney Banks Primary School
In 2019, Whinney Banks chose Sounds-Write as its phonics programme. Ruth Verrill, Early Reading and Phonics Lead, tells us how this led to a...
‘It needs so very few resources!’: Catherine Anslow, Ashby Willesley Primary School
The high quality of their phonics practice has earned Ashby Willesley Primary School Silver School accreditation from Sounds-Write. Catherine...
Building Reading Fluency: Practical Strategies for Educators
Fluency is often described as the bridge between learning to decode and reading with true comprehension. But what does fluency really involve and...
‘The students love the routine’: Emma Enderwick, Sunnyside Academy
Emma Enderwick, Phonics and Early Reading Lead at Sunnyside Academy in Middlesbrough, has led the school’s implementation of Sounds-Write since...
Do mini-whiteboards clash with the new Writing Framework?
Recently, a teacher asked us this question: “The new statutory framework for writing says children should not be taught writing on a whiteboard or...