More than 45,000 Queensland Year 1 students will undergo compulsory phonics testing from later this term. Here’s how it will work. The Courier-Mail enlisted the Department of Education to explain ...

PURPLE WIZARD: Oh, what is this thing? ORANGE WIZARD: That’s the letter ‘s’. It makes the ‘s’ sound. Join the phonics wizards and learn all about the sounds ‘s’, ‘a’, ‘t’ and ‘p’.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A mandatory phonics test introduced in Victoria this year to screen the reading ability of all grade 1 students may have too few words ...

Dominic Wyse receives funding from The Helen Hamlyn Trust; the Nuffield Foundation; the Leverhulme Trust; and The Monday Charitable Trust. Alice Bradbury receives funding from the Helen Hamlyn Trust, ...