Useful Links

The Jolly Phonics Website http://www.jollylearning.co.uk

The importance of teaching phonics

Parliament of Australia Inquiry into the Academic Standards of School Education
(‘Jolly Phonics’ - page13)
http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/senate/commttee/s10279.pdf

Parliament of Australia Inquiry into the Education of Boys (‘Jolly Phonics’ - page 6)
http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/reps/commttee/r5479.pdf

‘The Australian’ newspaper article on phonics
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23236954-13881,00.html

Countries all over the world are coming
back to phonics!

Transcript from Lateline on the US Government’s “No Child Left Behind” policy
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/stories/s509619.htm 

Article from the Guardian Newspaper on the UK Government’s “Letters and Sounds” policy http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,2106642,00.html

NSW Schools follow the international lead

Article from ‘The Australian’ newspaper September 2009:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/only-nsw-makes-right-sounds-on-learning-to-read/story-e6frg6nf-1225780651581