The Sounds-Write Blog
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,...
The Cumulative Nature of Sounds-Write: Supporting Progress Towards the Phonics Screen Check
When considering the Phonics Screening Check and the code knowledge that needs to be learned, there can sometimes be an urgency to ‘get through’ the...
‘It’s the gold standard!’: Megan Wildermuth, Dutton Park State School
Megan Wildermuth, Classroom Teacher and Literacy Coordinator, shared with us how Sounds-Write has been implemented at Dutton Park and how it has...
PSC: Mid-Year Strategies to Ensure Everyone is On Track
The PSC (Phonics Screening Check) may seem some time away yet but, at Sounds-Write, we recommend that you review what your class has been doing so...
‘You can do Sounds-Write online in an engaging and interactive way’, SPELD SA
SPELD SA (Specific Learning Difficulties South Australia) is a not-for-profit organisation based in Adelaide, that provides literacy interventions...
Mastering Phonemic Awareness: Your Key to PSC Success
The PSC (Phonics Screening Check) is as much a test of phonemic awareness skills and conceptual understanding as it is of code knowledge. This blog...
‘The most impactful investment in my time at the school’: Katherine Murphy, Twynyrodyn Community School
We talked to Katherine Murphy, phonics lead at Twynyrodyn Community School, in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, a school that took the decision to teach...