Hi, my name is Greg, and I’m a read-a-holic. My story began in 2018 when I moved to a small country school in North-West Victoria called Bolinda Primary School. I had just been appointed to my first Principal role, and being the small school that it was, I was also a teaching-principal. I had a …
Are you looking to transition your school from a balanced literacy approach to a structured approach? Have you heard about the Science of Reading, but you aren’t sure where to start or how to get the ball rolling? Do you want the best methods for teaching reading in your school? If this sounds like you, …
Before I begin this blog, I would just like to share something exciting from my own life that happened when my youngest son was in his first year of school. He had previously had ZERO interest in reading, and for the first time, he actually READ, not “read” (with inverted commas), his first book. It was a decodable text and …
How the brain learns to read – A basic summary After watching the video link here, I have really been able to understand the inner workings of the brain in relation to reading. …
What is Phonics and Why? Previously, we have taught the students a huge bank of sight words and expected them to learn them by heart, by taking them home for practice. We then assumed this would lead to students memorising these words. Next, we assumed that by knowing those words, students would use parts of …
