The Sounds-Write Blog
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...
Dyslexia: Diagnosis, Debate, and What Really Matters for Teachers
This blog post was inspired by Professor Joe Elliott’s keynote: “Rethinking Dyslexia: From Diagnostic Labels to Evidence-Based Reading Support” at...
‘It has been a wonderful gift for our family’: Susan Tracey, Homeschooling Parent
Susan joined the Sounds-Write program after choosing to homeschool her two young children. In this blog, she shares her successes, challenges, and...
Announcing Our New Annual Membership: Flexible, Affordable Phonics Training for Your Whole School
We’re excited to share a major development at Sounds-Write—our brand-new annual membership, launching in September 2025. The membership will be...
‘I’ve used it daily in my work’: Di Van der Walt, Speech Pathologist
I’ve been a Speech Pathologist for 16 years and opened my private practice about 8 years ago. I have always had a passion for teaching children to...
A Decline in Handwriting and Why It Matters
According to a National Literacy Trust survey, ‘more than a third of children rarely or never write by hand in their spare time’. Should we be...
The Importance of ‘Keep-Up’ Interventions
Whether you are at the start of the year, as our Australian colleagues are, or mid-year as our UK and US colleagues are, it is ALWAYS a good time to...
‘We are definitely doing something right!’: Poppie Butler, Bialik Hebrew Day School
Bialik is a dual-language school (Hebrew and English), which makes it more critical that time spent on English literacy is focused, and follows the...
‘It is a pleasure to see their confidence grow’: Cardinal Hume Secondary School
Allison Shaw worked as a primary school teacher for over 30 years before becoming a Higher Level Teaching Assistant at Cardinal Hume, an...
‘All students, regardless of their ability, can access this program’: Springfield Central State School, Australia
The leadership team has supported the implementation of Sounds-Write at Springfield Central, a large primary state school outside Brisbane,...