Debbie: Occasionally teachers write to me to ask, ‘Where is the planning?‘ for the Phonics International programme and No Nonsense Phonics (Skills). This has happened a number of times so rather than keep repeating the answer to individual teachers, I thought it
***About Wand Phonics – an interactive digital platform that can complement the FREE Phonics International programme and/or the hard copy No Nonsense Phonics programme (England: Wand Phonics is validated by the Department for Education when used along with NNP and/or PI)
IMPORTANT UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2024: I have extremely disappointing news about Wand Phonics. The company that approached us in 2017 to create a body of phonics work for them, Wand Education, is no longer responding to us. We have also heard
***Wales: Lumen attends a Welsh-medium schools and, meanwhile, she is learning to read and spell in English at home with the No Nonsense Phonics (Skills) Pupil Books
Many thanks to Rob Randel for this guest-post: In this series of short videos, you can see my daughter, Lumen (age five at the time) using No Nonsense Phonics resources at home to learn how to read and spell in English.
***Does CVC refer to letters or sounds? Post by Debbie Hepplewhite written at first as a guest post for Dr. Kathryn Garforth of Garforth Education (Canada)
There is a need to distinguish between consonant letters and vowel letters through teaching about ‘the alphabet’ compared to consonant sounds and vowel sounds through teaching about the ‘alphabetic code’. Teachers need to teach about both ‘the alphabet’ and ‘the
***Easy-peasy phonics revision – just TURN BACK to previous code, words, texts on paper belonging to each learner – SO SIMPLE!
By Debbie Hepplewhite: Teaching the English alphabetic code (the letter/s-sound correspondences) and the requisite three core phonics skills and their sub-skills for reading and spelling is based on a routine ‘phonics teaching and learning cycle‘ when it is taught SYSTEMATICALLY – whether for mainstream
***New Zealand: Feedback from home-schooling with Phonics International and No Nonsense Phonics Skills (entitled ‘Pick Up and Go Phonics’ via Amazon)
Debbie: It is always very heartwarming to receive feedback about our programmes and resources. We hear from people all over the world using our resources ranging from teachers, to tutors, to parents, to intervention specialists – even occasional librarians and
***Reviews of the Phonics International programme’s resources in ‘Teach Primary’ and ‘Teach Secondary’ magazines
Thank you to John Dabell for these reviews in Teach Primary and Teach Secondary. Please note that references to the cost of the Phonics International programme’s licence are no longer relevant as the programme’s online resources are now completely free
***Australia: ‘Diocese of Ballarat Catholic Education Partnership Award 2022’ for Emma, Bree and Rebecca having pioneered for the Science of Reading explicit teaching practices (including the use of ‘No Nonsense Phonics’)
Debbie: I was so delighted to read about this achievement via Emma Rutherford’s Facebook page. Hearty congratulations to Emma, Bree and Rebecca for all the pioneering and hard work of these ladies – and for the hard work of their
***The Phonics International SSP programme introduced across an Academy Trust (England) from beginners through to Key Stage 2 (age 4 to 11)
Thank you to Georgina for this testimonial: “After taking on the leadership of phonics, I wanted to brush up on my subject knowledge so that I could support my team and ensure the children were receiving high quality phonics instructions.
