Synthetic Phonics - fast and effective with every child.

It is no surprise that the Australian National Curriculum suggests systematic, explicit phonics instruction. It works; Get Reading Right schools are seeing undeniable gains in their NAPLAN and state literacy results. Synthetic phonics is at the core of Get Reading Right’s balanced literacy program because it gets these results for every child – and fast!

Read more about how to surpass the Australian Curriculum achievement standards.

Read more about what a balanced literacy program looks like.

Synthetic phonics – reading and spelling hand-in-hand:

Synthetic phonics is an awkward technical name that has nothing to do with being artificial! It is the synthesizing or blending of phonemes (sounds) to make a word and enable children to read.

The process of reading with synthetic phonics involves decoding or 'breaking' words into separate phonemes which can then be blended together to read a written word. The process of spelling with synthetic phonics requires children to hear and identify the phonemes in a word and then to use their knowledge of the letters associated with those phonemes to write or 'make' the word.

At a glance synthetic phonics teaches:

• Children that spoken words are composed of phonemes (sounds) 
• 44 phonemes
• All the different ways each phoneme can be written 
• Children to blend phonemes in a word to read 
• Children to listen for phonemes in words to spell
• Irregular, high frequency words which are so essential to help children progress the quality of their writing

Learn more:

• Get to grips with synthetic phonics terminology
• Read the Introduction to Synthetic Phonics Whitepaper to fully understand the process
• Have a look at Jack's writing portfolio - see how synthetic phonics quickly progresses children's writing confidence
• Watch: What is Synthetic Phonics?