Blogs Tagged: Phonics - Schofield and Sims

Fidelity vs. Flexibility: striking the right balance in your phonics programme

17 July 2024

As many schools move towards adopting a systematic synthetic phonics programme, we unpick the challenges of balancing fidelity to a phonics programme with the needs of a diverse classroom.

A four-step guide to reusing your existing phonics books

20 June 2024

Choosing a new systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) programme doesn’t mean clearing out all of your existing phonics books. More often than not, your decodable books, flashcards and other materials can be reused after an audit against your new phonics teaching progression. In this guide, we explain how you can save these resources and your budget.

Newly-matched readers for Red Rose Letters and Sounds schools

28 March 2024

Over 100 decodable phonics readers from the My Letters and Sounds phonics readers have been aligned to the Red Rose Letters and Sounds teaching progression, providing schools with a wide choice of fiction and non-fiction stories to use at home and in the classroom.

Save time while teaching phonics with our Classroom Kits

14 December 2023

In 2022, we launched My Letters and Sounds, a systematic synthetic phonics programme to guide teachers through the challenges of teaching phonics from Reception to Year 1. Now, we’re thrilled to introduce the all-new Classroom Kits.

Enhance your phonics library with 10 brand-new readers

15 September 2023

Arriving this autumn, 10 new Phase Two decodable books will provide some much-needed additional coverage of GPCs in the first nine weeks of phonics teaching.

Phonics: how to teach Tricky Words

16 February 2023

Phonics trainer Jacqueline Harris shares her advice on one of the most frequently asked topics in early reading. Learning tricky words, or common exception words as they are sometimes known, relies on memory more than spelling rules, so how do you best support children that struggle with them?

Instil a love of reading with real phonics stories

10 February 2022

Kasia Reay, author of the Reception Phonics Readers for My Letters and Sounds, explains why choosing books that feel like real stories can be the key to unlocking a true passion for reading.

The new SSP for Letters and Sounds schools

19 January 2022

After almost two years in the making, we are delighted to launch our brand-new systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) programme, Schofield and Sims My Letters and Sounds.

What is Phonics? Essential phonics knowledge and understanding.

11 February 2018

Literacy expert Alexandra Charalambous from charity The Children's Literacy Charity offers a useful introduction for parents into the world of phonics.

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