A NEW report suggests a back-to-basics approach to teaching children reading and writing skills could be the most effective. A scientific study analysing phonics instruction in schools has shown ...

The Education ministry has signed a Memorandum of Understand (MOU) with Chris Jolly, the originator of Jolly Phonics to incorporate the teaching method in basic schools across the country. Addressing ...

The government has announced an updated Teaching and Learning Model for all state schools, to be implemented from next year, which focuses on what’s known as “explicit teaching”, with students from ...

Teachers will have access to greater resources to adopt a mandated phonics based approach to reading for prep to grade two students following a reported government deal with the teachers union. It’s ...

A scientific study analysing phonics instruction in schools has shown support for the method, which teaches students how letter combinations make different sounds. Students in Australian schools are ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Victoria. Followed categories will be added to My News. The government has announced an updated Teaching and Learning Model for all state schools, to be ...