The Australian, General News, 07/08/18, Rebecca Urban, page 5, circulation: 94,448

Rigorous and systematic phonics instruction underpins the effective teaching of reading and writing at high-performing schools, a leading global education publisher has said, highlighting 'incontrovertible' scientific evidence to back widespread adoption of the teaching method in classrooms. With South Australia kicking off its Year 1 phonics screening checks this week, Oxford School Improvement has released a report summarising the extensive evidence to support the adoption of phonics, which teaches children to read by breaking down words into their most basic sounds