The Government is now advocating systematic synthetic phonics as the method to teach children to read from the age of five.

We need both: the systematic phonics building blocks AND an abundance of children's books - fiction, fact, poetry.

There is no evidence that systematic phonics (including synthetic phonics) has been adopted by any of these jurisdictions.

However, systematic phonics and synthetic phonics receive attention in some publications.

Young children should receive sufficient pre-reading instruction so they are able to start systematic phonics work "by the age of five".

In the Executive Summary, item 12 of the curriculum section states their commitment to support "systematic synthetic phonics, as the best method for teaching reading."

Phonemic awareness, systematic phonics, high-frequency vocabulary are taught in spelling.

Which is why we will improve teacher training to provide authoritative instruction in the implementation of systematic synthetic phonics.

In systematic or explicit phonics, students are taught the rules and the exceptions, they are not instructed to memorize words.

Getting them reading early - This publication focuses on early reading, including systematic phonics, and inspection methodology.