What the media say : Two-thirds 'fail new primary phonics reading check' - BBC December 2011)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-16091737 Schools 'being bribed to take phonics' (BBC - July 2011)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14029897 Funding for phonics teaching to improve children's reading (Guardian - April 2011)
http:// www.education.gov.uk/inthenews/pressnotices/a0076456/funding-for-phonics-teaching-to-improve-childrens-reading// Dame Tickell and the phonic boom (Department for Education - April 2011)
http:// www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/apr/04/cribsheet-tickell-phonics-row Speech problems ´hamper children´s reading ability´ (BBC - January 2011)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-12249654 The writing´s on the wall for our failing education system. But can anyone read it? (Telegraph - November 2010)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/8157689/The-writings-on-the-wall-for-our-failing-education-system.-But-can-anyone-read-it.html Ofsted inspectors say literacy standards ´fall short´ (BBC - November 2010)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11735317 One in six primary school pupils ´behind in basics´ (Guardian - October 2010)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/oct/07/primary-school-pupils-behind-english-maths?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Other useful links: Oxford Owl - Oxford University Press - information on learning to read
http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/GetReading// Mr Thorne Does Phonics - Great phonics website
http://www.mrthorne.com/category/start/ Focus on Phonics blog - for more information on learning to read with phonics
http://www.focusonphonics.blogspot.com/ Reading Reform Foundation - dedicated to campaigning for better teaching of reading.
http://www.rrf.org.uk/ Woodlands Junior School - an excellent school website with lots of educational games and activities.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Games/educational/index.html NGfL Cymru - Interactive alphabet demonstrating letter sounds, letter names and correct letter formation.
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/ngfl-flash/alphabet-eng/alphabet.htm Jolly Learning website - learn more about Jolly Phonics - a fun, multi-sensory synthetic phonics reading scheme
http://www.jollylearning.co.uk phonics4.co.uk - synthetic phonics courses for children from 3 to 9 years
http://www.phonics4.co.uk Midsomer Norton Primary School - Video clips of children doing Jolly Phonics actions whilst saying the letter sounds.
http://www.midsomernorton.bathnes.sch.uk/phonics.htm Dyslexia website providing information and practical help for parents of children with reading difficulties.
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