Purpose

This professional learning provides teachers with an opportunity to develop an understanding of how to implement the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check and interpret the information it provides for planning for learning.

Who should participate?

Year 1 teachers

Mode of delivery

Online (4 x self-paced modules)

Content

Completing this online course will help you to:

• explore the place of phonics in learning to read
• understand where phonics is included in the syllabus
• identify what the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check will assess
• understand why pseudo words are used in the assessment
• explore the student materials
• learn how to administer the assessment
• record student responses in the online tool
• explore what the assessment can tell us about a student’s progress in phonics.

Module 1: Why is phonics important?

Participants explore the place of phonics in learning to read and understand where phonics is included in the syllabus (20 minutes).

Module 2: Exploring the assessment

Participants identify what the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check assesses, explore the student materials and develop an understanding of why pseudo words are used in the assessment (20 minutes).

Module 3: How to administer the assessment

Participants learn how to administer the assessment and record the student responses in the online tool (40 minutes).

Module 4: Interpreting the information

Participants explore what the assessment can tell us about a student’s progress in phonics (40 minutes).

Contact

If you have any questions, contact literacy.numeracy@det.nsw.edu.au