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- Thu May 07, 2015 3:38 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 'Light-touch, phonics-based check' for Y1 children
- Replies: 159
- Views: 160004
Re: 'Light-touch, phonics-based check' for Y1 children
Really bad arguments made by a headteacher (and then published in the TES) to convince people to vote for the incoming SoS to scrap the phonics screening check https://www.tes.co.uk/news/school-news/breaking-views/scrap-phonics-checks-ditch-performance-related-pay-and-streamline If you were Secretar...
- Thu May 07, 2015 1:16 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Survey: boys and girls reading habits
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4119
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 1:23 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: BPS publication: discussion of Elliott's Dyslexia Debate.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2512
Re: BPS publication: discussion of Elliott's Dyslexia Debate.
Previous discussion of The Dyslexia Debate
The Dyslexia Debate returns
http://www.rrf.org.uk/messageforum/view ... f=1&t=5930
The Dyslexia Debate returns
http://www.rrf.org.uk/messageforum/view ... f=1&t=5930
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 12:51 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Misty Andoniou: What should teachers know about spelling?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3852
Re: Misty Andoniou: What should teachers know about spelling?
Synthetic phonics advocates who attended the rEDliteracy conference may have seen Prof Steve Higgins' talk. Here are his talk slides https://www.dropbox.com/s/96rqsfe68z589cd/ResearchEd_London_25Apr15.pptx?dl=0 On slide 16 he states that spelling should be ''taught separately and explicitly'' Any co...
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:34 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: BPS publication: discussion of Elliott's Dyslexia Debate.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2512
BPS publication: discussion of Elliott's Dyslexia Debate.
If you've £4.20 to spare and are interested in 'dyslexia' then I suggest you get a pdf copy of The Psychology of Education Review Vol 39 No 1 Spring 2015 This issue is an Open Dialogue edition discussing Julian Elliott's book The Dyslexia Debate. http://shop.bps.org.uk/publications/the-psychology-of...
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:16 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Anne Glennie TESS article 'Bring on the reading wars'
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7012
Re: Anne Glennie TESS article 'Bring on the reading wars'
Literacy standards decline in Scottish schools
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/11 ... hools.html
Here's the full report on the literacy of Scottish kids.
http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0047/00475921.pdf
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/11 ... hools.html
Here's the full report on the literacy of Scottish kids.
http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0047/00475921.pdf
- Wed Apr 29, 2015 4:59 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 'Light-touch, phonics-based check' for Y1 children
- Replies: 159
- Views: 160004
Re: 'Light-touch, phonics-based check' for Y1 children
To save everyone the trouble of visiting the website with its extremely annoying and intrusive adverts, here is Elizabeth Nonweiler's reassuring reply to Becky Morris: Becky, I was interested to read your post and would like to comment on some of what you have written. In the Phonics Check, the chil...
- Mon Apr 27, 2015 3:33 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 'Light-touch, phonics-based check' for Y1 children
- Replies: 159
- Views: 160004
Re: 'Light-touch, phonics-based check' for Y1 children
http://www.nottinghampost.com/Becky-Morris-Does-year-old-really-need-phonics/story-26374665-detail/story.html (warning: really annoying adverts) Becky Morris, community liaison manager at the Holgate Academy family of schools in Hucknall, wonders about the wisdom of testing five-year-olds on phonics...
- Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:57 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Misty Andoniou: What should teachers know about spelling?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3852
Misty Andoniou: What should teachers know about spelling?
An Australian academic has given a link to this paper by Misty Andoniou, to read in preparation for an online discussion-details here: https://cpezaro.wordpress.com/portfolio/jc2-what-should-teachers-know-about-spelling-adoniou-m-2013/ What should teachers know about spelling? https://cpezaro.files....
- Fri Apr 17, 2015 3:25 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 'Dyslexia experts' design PSC support prog.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3525
Re: 'Dyslexia experts' design PSC support prog.
Download an evaluation report of the project from this page:
http://www.springboard.org.uk/pages/en/soundcheck.html
Seems it uses Dyslexia Action's 'Active Literacy Kit'
http://www.dyslexiaactionshop.co.uk/act ... TEX1PAercg
http://www.springboard.org.uk/pages/en/soundcheck.html
Seems it uses Dyslexia Action's 'Active Literacy Kit'
http://www.dyslexiaactionshop.co.uk/act ... TEX1PAercg
- Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:40 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Anne Glennie TESS article 'Bring on the reading wars'
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7012
Anne Glennie TESS article 'Bring on the reading wars'
Anne Glennie, who spoke at the RRF conference, has an article in the TESS today. Bring on the reading wars https://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=11006970 This is quite at odds with how we operate in Scotland, and quite different from how we approach the teaching of early reading. We have the ...
- Fri Apr 17, 2015 11:33 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 'Dyslexia experts' design PSC support prog.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3525
'Dyslexia experts' design PSC support prog.
Sound strategy for pupils who fail the phonics check https://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=11006964 A reading programme designed by experts in dyslexia can significantly boost the skills of all children who fail the controversial new phonics check, research reveals. The government-funded appr...
- Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:46 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Direct Phonics
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5001
Re: Direct Phonics
I suggest that if anyone is unsure whether to use a particular synthetic phonics programme or undertake a training, they look to see if it was included in the Pro 5 Phonics 2014 catalogue. Although no longer valid for match-funding, all the included products/training were scrutinized carefully by an...
- Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:17 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Direct Phonics
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5001
Re: Direct Phonics
I've had a quick look: http://www.directphonics.co.uk/index2.htm I see sight words, onsets (adjacent consonants) and some muddle ''They learn words with the following new phonemes: oa, ai, ou, a-e, o-e, i-e, u-e, ur, igh, oi, ea(d), aw, ir, ew, or, oy'' oy/oi, igh/i-e, ir/ur.... are different spelli...
- Sun Apr 12, 2015 5:54 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Delayed school entry linked with poorer results
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2868
Re: Delayed school entry linked with poorer results
The evidence is accumulating: Does early schooling narrow outcome gaps for advantaged and disadvantaged children? http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272775715000199 We find that an early school start generally improves children’s cognitive skills, which is even more pronounced for di...