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How to ensure your early years reading instruction is effective

Sound Waves Literacy

The teaching of reading has always been a hot topic. With recent updates to the curriculum, the release of the Queensland Reading Commitment and the new Grattan Institute report outlining the large number of Australian students not mastering the necessary…
Sound Waves Literacy and the Reading Commitment

Sound Waves Literacy

For educators all over Australia, improving students’ reading outcomes is a shared goal. So whether you’re based in Queensland or elsewhere, the Queensland Reading Commitment is an essential read for its invaluable, evidence-informed insights and recommendations about how schools can…
Discover the new features in Sound Waves early years

Sound Waves Literacy

Calling all early years teachers! You’re going to love the new features we’ve recently added to the online teaching resources for Sound Waves Literacy, from projectable Decodable Readers to reading assessments and more. These new online features work seamlessly alongside…
Sound Waves Literacy: Research insights into systematic synthetic phonics

Sound Waves Literacy

Systematic synthetic phonics is an evidence-based method of teaching critical reading and spelling skills. So what exactly is systematic synthetic phonics? What evidence is there for its effectiveness? How does Sound Waves Literacy fit into the picture?
A guide to Sound Waves spelling and reading assessments

Sound Waves Literacy

Sound Waves Literacy provides a suite of assessment resources for Foundation and Years 1–6 to help you closely monitor students’ progress.
Grattan Institute: 'Australia has a reading problem'

Sound Waves Literacy

In February 2024 the Grattan Institute published a report entitled The Reading Guarantee: How to give every child the best chance of success and it opened with a confronting fact: ’Australia has a reading problem. A third of our children can’t…
Developing creative and lateral thinking skills in maths

BitMaths

When solving abstract or rehearsed mathematical problems, students need to recall and apply the rules and procedures they have practised in class. However, when it comes to solving unrehearsed real-world problems, students need to make a leap into the unknown…
Unpacking assessment in Maths Trek

Maths Trek

Compiling a comprehensive portfolio to evaluate student achievement throughout the year is made easier with Maths Trek assessment.
Game ideas using Maths Trek’s interactive tools

Maths Trek

Maths Trek has four interactive tools: a hundreds chart, a place value chart, a spinner and a clock. The tools are embedded throughout the program to help you teach the concepts, and come preset ready to use in the lesson.…