Only
one month has gone by since the launch of this
year's series of DES approved EPV on-line
summer courses and the take-up has been
phenomenal. The Jolly Phonics course is leading
the way, representing over 60% of the total enrolments.
Jolly Phonics was created
by a UK primary teacher, Sue Lloyd, in 1977, after
the realisation that the whole language approach
used in her classroom was not reaching a small
group of children. As part of an experiment, these
children were taught structured blending of words.
They were taught to listen carefully to the sounds
in the words, identify the sounds and relate them
to the letters. As a result, these students who
were previously demonstrating difficulty in reading
and writing made significant progress. After many
years of research, Lloyd was encouraged to compile
'The Phonics Handbook', which was published in
1992. It was immediately embraced by teachers
worldwide.
Of course CPD College offers
other EPV courses that spread right across the
curriculum.
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