It all starts with words – and what makes a word. And SA is smashing it so well that other states want to copy us. In the state’s third successive improvement, the 2021 phonics screening check results ...

To take place in term three, the trial will involve schools conducting one-on-one assessments with students to test their phonics skills, a key component in learning to read. NSW was the second state ...

Of course, knowing phonics is not the only element of reading but it is an essential subskill. This basic principle is irrefutable and to most people, obvious, but it is a cause of major controversy ...