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This is what Sounds~Write have to say ....

Sounds~Write is an exciting, new approach to the teaching of reading,
spelling and writing. We offer week-long, intensive courses to classroom practitioners, educational psychologists and members of local authority support teams in this new approach to the teaching of literacy.

Our approach draws together modern research findings to produce a sequential and explicit alphabet code-oriented programme for teaching all pupils to read and spell.

Sounds~Write meets all the requirements for a phonics programme as defined by the UK Government's Department for Children, Schools and Familes (DCSF - formerly the DfES). The DCSF's independent assessors have recently (Dec 2007) scrutinised our self-assessment and approved its accuracy.  See our entry on the DCSF Standards Website for full details.

Sounds~Write's interactive whiteboard software for Smartboard can now be purchased using eLearning credits (eLCs). For more on eLCs see this page.

 

Sounds~Write Downloads & Resources 

A Lexicon of English Spellings from Sounds~Write

This reference work has been developed for the benefit of classroom teachers and all those interested in literacy.
It is preceded by a short theoretical paper about English spelling. To download a pdf of the document follow this link... lexicon.asp

A Synopsis of Letters and Sounds - Phases 1 to 5

To download a pdf of the document follow this link...  Letters & Sounds

Sounds~Write: Data from the first four years of whole class usage

The first Sounds~Write training courses were trialed in March 2003. From the outset we were determined to investigate the outcomes of teaching with the programme. Success for any literacy tuition programme can only be measured in terms of the numbers of pupils taught by it who actually end up literate, by which we include being able to both read and write. We have therefore started the process of tracking pupils taught by the Sounds~Write approach during their first four years of primary schooling, i.e., from the start of Reception until the end of Year Three. We now have data on a total of over 2500 pupils drawn from classes in thirty-six state primary schools geographically located in three different parts of the United Kingdom.

The full story so far is contained in this pdf file... sw_research_report_07.pdf

Sounds~Write - International 

Sounds~Write is currently being used highly successfully in a number of countries including England, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Australia, the USA, and Spain. If you are interested in trying to organise a Sounds~Write course in your country, just get in touch with us and we will give serious attention to helping you get the training.We are prepared to consider offering the training anywhere in the world and we are also prepared to negotiate prices according to location and the number of individuals undertaking the five-day training.

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