Archive for August, 2011

Ofsted: Older pupils falter without phonics

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

Phonics is seldom being used outside primary schools to improve literacy – and older students are falling behind as a result, Ofsted has concluded. Stephen Exley reports in the TES. A report by the watchdog also revealed that setting “limited” … Continue reading

Ofsted: Older pupils falter without phonics

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

Phonics is seldom being used outside primary schools to improve literacy – and older students are falling behind as a result, Ofsted has concluded. Stephen Exley reports in the TES. A report by the watchdog also revealed that setting “limited” … Continue reading

Phonics at the top of the agenda

Monday, August 15th, 2011

The Government announced this spring that it plans to introduce a phonics test for all six year olds. The test, which will take around ten minutes to complete and require children to correctly pronounce around forty words, mixed in with … Continue reading

Phonics at the top of the agenda

Monday, August 15th, 2011

The Government announced this spring that it plans to introduce a phonics test for all six year olds. The test, which will take around ten minutes to complete and require children to correctly pronounce around forty words, mixed in with … Continue reading

Reading test for six-year-olds to include non-words

Friday, August 12th, 2011

A number of made-up words such as “koob” or “zort” are to be included in the government’s planned new reading test for six-year-olds in England, reports BBC’s Hannah Richardson.