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The controversial year 1 phonics screening check will be compulsory in NSW public schools from next year after the state's Education Minister declared the reading wars were over and phonics had won.

Phonics — explicit literacy teaching focusing on the sounds in words — is being introduced into the Victorian curriculum despite resistance from the Australian Education Union.

Fears school’s decision to dedicate 10 minutes to teaching phonics a day could disadvantage students. Teachers are being instructed to dedicate just 10 minutes to teaching their students phonics ...

1. Teaching phonics is great and absolutely necessary, but beware of non-phonetic words such as those spelled with “ough” (tough, bough, ought, through, though).

The 700-student school in Melbourne’s south-east says teaching phonics helped make it the state’s best performing government school on NAPLAN scores last year, with an average score of 580.2.

Students will be taught phonics and phonemic awareness for a minimum of 25 minutes every day. Independent schools have the flexibility to apply curriculum how they see fit.

It’s believed the state government has agreed to provide $5m in resources to aid teachers in implementing a mandated minimum of 25 minutes of the systematic synthetic phonics teaching method.

Each year, year 1 students in public schools sit a mandatory 40-question phonics assessment, where they are tested on their ability to blend and sound out letters and combinations.

Each year, year 1 students in public schools sit a mandatory 40-question phonics assessment, where they are tested on their ability to blend and sound out letters and combinations.

Fears school’s decision to dedicate 10 minutes to teaching phonics a day could disadvantage students. Teachers are being instructed to dedicate just 10 minutes to teaching their students phonics ...