The Sounds-Write Blog
Phonics Screening Check – Top Tips for a Strong Start to the Academic Year (UK)
Whilst the timing of this blog was prompted by the start of the new academic year in the UK, the guidance will be useful to teachers using a Phonics...
Author Q&A: The Vision Behind The Outdoor Adventures Decodable Series
At Sounds-Write, we’re passionate about creating high-quality, age-appropriate resources that support structured literacy and empower every learner....
Illustrator Q&A: Bringing the Outdoor Adventures to Life Through Art
Behind every great story is a visual world that helps readers connect, imagine, and learn—and in The Outdoor Adventures series part 1 & part 2, ...
Supporting Student Reading Success Through Assessment
The Sounds-Write Progress Checks are carefully designed to align closely with your daily phonics instruction. Far from being just another test,...
MTSS vs. RtI: What’s the Difference—and Why It Matters
At this year’s Sounds-Write Symposium, Mandy Nayton, CEO of DSF in Western Australia, delivered a keynote that brought clarity to a question many...
Decodable Readers vs Levelled Readers: Building Stronger Foundations for Early Literacy
When choosing resources to support early reading, educators often face a key decision: decodable readers vs levelled readers. While both offer...
Flexible, Faithful, and Neurodiversity-Affirming: Supporting Students with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) in Literacy Intervention
Inspired by the 2025 Sounds-Write Symposium presentation by Jacqui Edwards and Di Van der WaltIntroduction Students with complex profiles of...
From Sound to Sentence: Supporting the 2025 Writing Framework Through Phonics and Spelling
The newly-published Writing Framework (2025) and the Reading Framework (2023) together offer schools a clear, research-informed direction: secure...
What Nursery Practitioners Need to Know About Phonics
In nursery settings, practitioners do much more than help children socialise and play—they lay the crucial foundations for their future reading...
The Phonics Screening Check 2025 (England): Our Analysis
In this post, Sounds-Write's Founder and CEO John Walker examines the structure of the Phonics Screening Check 2025, highlights patterns and...