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Phonics revolution: War of words over how to teach kids to read 22 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read Willow Park School teacher Theresa Kinloch wishes she had known how to teach English systematically when her own dyslexic daughter was young. Photo / Dean Purcell The Government is set to roll out 2.4 million copies of new phonics-based reading material to the nation s schools in an bid to arrest our declining literacy rates. But the move has sparked a war of words between academic experts who disagree whether it s the best way to teach kids to read. Advertisement Read More Children have always learned phonics, but in the past 50 years the emphasis has been on encouraging them to read through interesting books rather than phonics drills and decoding words. ....
Letters: Border protection, quarantine, alert level 4 and contact tracing 14 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 9 minutes to read England is in a third national lockdown in an attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus. Photo / Alastair Grant, AP NZ Herald Raise the drawbridge The year 2020 was without precedent and it has not done with us yet. The geographical advantages of our remote island location together with decisive Government action have protected us from the worst of the accursed Covid-19 but we cannot afford to relax. It is disturbing to read of a number of mariners arriving with symptoms. While it may be criticised as selfish, we should keep the drawbridge up to preserve our relatively secure and controlled situation. ....
A mother s story: Diagnosing my daughter s dyslexia 24 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 6 minutes to read NZ Herald By: Julie Clothier When journalist and mother Julie Clothier found out her daughter was struggling to learn to read she discovered just how challenging the New Zealand education system is when dealing with dyslexia. As soon as I sent the video to my mother-in-law, three dots appeared on my phone s screen. She was, unusually for her, replying straight away. Brilliant reading. Such expression, the reply pinged. My daughter was reading Enid Blyton s Magic Faraway Tree, like any ordinary 7.5-year-old. Nothing unusual in that. Except, in this case, there is. ....