Phonics International

This article might be of interest, but Michael Rosen used my comments in this article about spelling to blog about - and this led to a blog posting by very popular education blogger, David Didau - see link at the bottom of this posting where I have written about these developments.

First, here is my NATE (National Association of Teaching English) article:

Phonics Teaching - Is it 'fit for purpose'?

In this thought-provoking and sometimes controversial article, Debbie Hepplewhite MBE questions many of the methods we have come to accept as good phonics teaching.

http://www.phonicsinternational.com/NATE_TE.pdf

And here is the thread I've developed on another forum about Michael Rosen's response to my article, and David Didau's response to Michael's response!!!

http://phonicsinternational.com/forum/v ... php?t=1024

You can find information about the NATE journals here:

https://www.nate.org.uk/magazine-journals/

Here is another article I've written for NATE Primary Matters (Spring 2017):

https://phonicsintervention.org/wp-cont ... -FINAL.pdf

Handwriting - observations and suggestions

In this article by Debbie Hepplewhite MBE, we are presented with advice for the effective teaching of handwriting which is challenging, sometimes contentious and ultimately compelling.