Newsnight: Phonics Features

Synopsis: Three 15-minute reports on the use of synthetic phonics in teaching reading. Broadcast on BBC’s Newsnight in May 2005.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2005
Year of production: 2005
Notes: Broadcast in 3 parts on Newsnight on BBC 2 on 26/5/05. 20/6/05 and 20/7/05.
Subjects: Education; English language and literature
Keywords: literacy skills; primary education; reading schemes; phonics

Title: Trusting Phonics
Synopsis: Britannia Village Primary School has introduced a commercial programme of synthetic phonics to its teaching.
In the first of three films, Jackie Long looks at whether this traditional method of teaching children to read is working.
Duration: 15 mins
Title: Following Phonics
Synopsis: Ruth Miskin has applied her commercial programme of synthetic phonics teaching at Britannia Village Primary School. Jackie Long pays a second visit to the school to find out how the pupils and teachers are coping with the programme.
Duration: 15 mins
Title: Finishing Phonics
Synopsis: The way children in England learn to read is under review after the government ordered a review of literacy levels in schools. Jackie Long submits her end-of-term report on how pupils fared using synthetic phonics as a way to learn to read.
Duration: 15 mins

Name: BBC Newsnight
Web: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/ External site opens in new window

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