See the response to Boris Johnson’s video statement: May peace prevail pic.twitter.com/21hq3AchBH — They Keep Saying Its Rare (@mRNAdeaths) February 4, 2023 BOOM!!!! 💥💥💥💥💥 OAN actually goes there 💪🤩 This is exactly what we said since the start of the
***The spread of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs), 15 Minute Cities – and the misappropriation of land (Dutch Farmers) – the undemocratic loss of travel freedoms and so much more – yet more unacceptable totalitarianism to control the people
The spread of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs), and restrictions under different titles such as ’15 minute cities’, is yet another sign of authoritarian control of ordinary people against their wishes. Dearie me – the world is full of little despots
***Posts about the World Economic Forum (WEF), the World Health Organisation (WHO) – and similar sinister and unaccountable organisations. Who collaborates, manipulates, plots and pays to rule the world?
Heaven knows all the goings-on in organisations such as the WEF and the WHO are way above my head, but there are many discerning and knowledgeable people who report on developments featuring such organisations, including suspicious collaboration with government figures
*** ‘Before and After’ – short revealing video by Jeffrey Peel and Joel Smalley featuring statistics (graphs) of covid deaths from countries all over the world before and after the experimental injections. This is a reality check.
https://www.thenewera.uk/p/before-and-after This video and commentary raise very serious questions indeed as to whether any claims can possibly be made about ‘vaccine’ efficacy and the saving of millions of lives. Really? Thank you to Jeffrey Peel and Joel Smalley. Before and
***Christine Anderson MEP – a politician of integrity, courage, and one of few we can truly trust – talks to a full house about the criminal investigations underway
https://twitter.com/Hookie62/status/1613117581186965504 Christine Anderson has long since spoken clearly about the unacceptable and undemocratic events that have taken place in the European Parliament and elsewhere. She has not been a lone voice in the European Parliament – a handful of MEPs
***Over 17,000 physicians and scientists from all over the world state, ‘We declare, and the data confirm, that the COVID-19 experimental genetic therapy injections must end.’
https://twitter.com/GTSascha/status/1609962354904797184 “17,000 Scientists and Physicians warn that the COVID (Vaccines) Experimental Genetic Therapy Injections Must End. They cause far more harm than good. Vaccinated more at risk of disease and death. It damages the heart, brain, reproduction, lungs and immune
***Feedback from New Zealand for home-schooling with Phonics International and No Nonsense Phonics Skills (entitled ‘Pick Up and Go Phonics’ via Amazon)
Debbie: It is always very heartwarming to receive feedback about our programmes and resources. We hear from people all over the world using our resources ranging from teachers, to tutors, to parents, to intervention specialists – even occasional librarians and
***1) Parliamentary call in the UK House of Commons for the complete and immediate withdrawal of the covid mRNA ‘vaccines’ (Dec 2022) – by Andrew Bridgen MP – and the subsequent parliamentary demonisation of Bridgen versus public support for him! A developing scenario … (including the Matt Hancock ‘Lockdown Files’)
This is an extremely important recording featuring MP Andrew Bridgen’s speech (13th December 2022) in the House of Commons calling for the complete and immediate withdrawal of the covid MRNA vaccines. In the earliest part of his speech he refers
***Easy-peasy phonics revision – just TURN BACK to previous code, words, texts on paper belonging to each learner
By Debbie Hepplewhite: Teaching the English alphabetic code (the letter/s-sound correspondences) and the requisite three core phonics skills and their sub-skills for reading and spelling is based on a routine ‘phonics teaching and learning cycle‘ when it is taught SYSTEMATICALLY
***Data summary pre covid and covering the lockdown period – what does this show? Videos featuring research summaries by Ivor Cummins
Described as: The BEST Covid19 Science Talk Ever – EVERY Question Answered for the Layperson! “This talk covers EVERYTHING worth knowing and understanding – in less than 30 minutes. I think this may be my best Covid 19 presentation ever,
***Does CVC refer to letters or sounds? Post by Debbie Hepplewhite written at first as a guest post for Dr. Kathryn Garforth of Garforth Education
The need to distinguish between consonant letters and vowel letters through teaching about ‘the alphabet’ compared to consonant sounds and vowel sounds through teaching about the ‘alphabetic code’ Teachers need to teach about both ‘the alphabet’ and ‘the alphabetic code’
***Trust the science. What’s really happening? “We have been unwittingly trusting the psychopaths.” Dr Aseem Malhotra’s hour long talk – essential information, not misinformation – a MUST watch as the covid vaccines should immediately be stopped pending transparent analysis
‘Has Big Pharma Hijacked Evidence Based Medicine?’ Twitter thread featuring links to the talk and responses: Dr Malhotra: “Watch, learn & share. We can overcome wilful blindness with the cold hard facts!” Major conference in Sweden – nothing in the
***Websites/Organisations/People linked to health and fighting for transparency, freedom, democracy and accountability
Children’s Health Defense headed up by Robert F. Kennedy Jr – USA World Council for Health – Mission Statement Dr Tess Lawrie FLCCC Alliance – Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance – created by highly published, world-renowned physicians and scholars
***The Great Global Warming Swindle – Yet again, it looks like we are being duped – the urgent need for the opening of minds along with the study of data
Here’s some back-story to the global warming movement – this should not only be of great interest to the world’s citizens, but raise grave questions. This is an important video with information and back-story that is worth the hour and
***Lest We Forget – reflecting on the shocking and chilling rise of fascism on the pretext of COVID-19 and ‘vaccinating’ the world population …and further work by Simon Elmer
If you’re interested in history and politics and how these play out in the modern world, keep your eye on Simon Elmer’s Twitter feed. Simon Elmer illustrates the rise of fascism across the world on the pretext of the COVID-19
***Australia: ‘Diocese of Ballarat Catholic Education Partnership Award 2022’ for Emma, Bree and Rebecca having pioneered for the Science of Reading explicit teaching practices
Debbie: I was so delighted to read about this achievement via Emma Rutherford’s Facebook page. Hearty congratulations to Emma, Bree and Rebecca for all the pioneering and hard work of these ladies – and for the hard work of their
***The Phonics International SSP programme introduced across an Academy Trust from beginners through to Key Stage 2
Debbie: A year ago I was kindly sent the testimonial below which I posted amongst several other testimonials from seniors leaders in various schools using one or more of our phonics bodies of work. I’m re-posting here to highlight it
***Lumen attends a Welsh-medium school and, meanwhile, she is learning to read in English at home with the No Nonsense Phonics (Skills) Pupil Books
Many thanks to Rob Randel for this guest-post: In this series of short videos, you can see my five-year-old daughter, Lumen, using No Nonsense Phonics resources at home to learn how to read in English. She attends a Welsh-medium primary
***About Wand Phonics – an interactive digital platform that can complement Phonics International and/or No Nonsense Phonics
It’s me, Debbie, writing to describe this very exciting development – the availability of the Wand Phonics body of work – an interactive, digital platform created by Wand Education in collaboration with Phonics International Ltd. If you have any questions
***Where is the planning?
Occasionally teachers write to me to ask, ‘Where is the planning?‘ for the Phonics International programme and No Nonsense Phonics (Skills). This has happened a number of times so rather than keep repeating the answer to individual teachers, I thought
***Lord Scudamore Academy is a school where the ORT Floppy’s Phonics SSP programme has been used successfully and enjoyably for a decade…
It’s truly heartwarming to build relationships with people working with one’s phonics resources and suggestions who love using them, where children love them and succeed with them, and the children’s parents and carers are appreciative – and everyone ‘says so’.
***No. 4: 10th July 2021 – a great day! The DfE and Minister Nick Gibb publish ‘The reading framework: teaching the foundations of literacy’
This is my personal opinion based on my personal experiences, observations and reflections … At long last, the Department for Education (England) and Minister of State for School Standards, Nick Gibb, have published a substantial guidance document for the teaching
***Update on the issue of whether or not to teach four and five year olds a form of print with lead-in joins – the DfE and Ofsted indicate ‘not’!
I wrote about this issue at some length via this blog, and I provided a live webinar which was recorded and is now available to view via my handwriting site. My original post does not need repeating, but the news
***The impact of the Phonics International programme – guest post by Headteacher, Rachel Hornsey
The impact of the Phonics International programme by Rachel Hornsey – June 2021 Our school vision, which is a thread running throughout our curriculum, is: “We work to provide our children with strong foundations on which to build their lives
***Contact details of some people and schools using – Phonics International, No Nonsense Phonics (Raintree) or Floppy’s Phonics (Oxford University Press) or a combination in some cases!
I’m frequently asked if I can provide the name and contact details of people in schools that are using one (or more) of my systematic synthetic phonics programmes. It may seem strange to refer to using ‘one or more’ of
***The issue of ‘matched texts’ is clearly worrying teachers – what are the practicalities?
IMPORTANT UPDATE JAN 2022: Abigail Steel and I have now recorded a webinar discussing this issues around ‘matched reading books’ – this refers to the scenario in England and it includes references to research: Micromanaging Matched Reading Books Webinar In an
***No. 3: The DfE admits that ‘Letters and Sounds’ (DfES, 2007) “has never been a full Systematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP) programme” 14 years after its publication
After nearly a year of behind-the-scenes debate with the Department for Education in England with regard to whether the DfE should persist with the idea of producing a ‘revised Letters and Sounds’, at last it has been accepted, and indeed
***No. 2: Should governments produce educational PROGRAMMES or should they provide INFORMED GUIDANCE? What’s the difference?
January 2021: This is the second post in a planned series of posts specifically linked to teaching the foundations of literacy and raising standards of literacy for all children. I hope you’ve managed to read the first post to set
***No. 1: What will Minister Nick Gibb and the Department for Education do next to further raise standards of literacy in England?
As I start to write this post, I hardly know where to begin. The ‘Naked Emperor‘ story theme could not be more apt for the information I am about to relay. I think a little bit of my history is
***I’m HORRIFIED that teachers of 4 and 5 year olds are teaching a form of print with a ‘lead-in’ join – please stick to simple print!!!
I’ve observed the rapid growth of teaching Reception and Year One children (the four and five year olds) a form of font which is neither a simple, sensible ‘print’ nor quality teaching of joined handwriting. This is instead of teaching
***Supporting teachers, learners and parents/carers with tangible, systematic, cumulative, content-rich, fit-for-purpose resources for home learning!
At the time of writing this post (January 2021), we are in the midst of a pandemic. The UK has gone into yet another ‘lockdown’ and many schools are closed or open only to the children of key workers and
***The Floppy’s Phonics SSP programme post lockdown: Suggestions for teachers, teaching assistants and tutors working with ‘home’ – filling alphabetic code gaps, catching up and intervention as necessary
In England we have a ‘Coronavirus (COVID-19) catch-up premium’ which is Government Funded. All state-funded schools are eligible for pupils’ catch-up premium from Reception to Y11. Full information is available on the gov.uk page – click HERE If you are
***The Education Endowment Foundation is actively undermining the Government in England and here is an evidence trail to show this
This post is very important indeed. As anyone who follows me on Twitter may know, I, and others, have been very critical about the work of the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) for some considerable time. The EEF actively undermines the
***Guest post – Online ESL tutor, Steve Mol, asks, ‘What is the purpose of language? Is it to reflect culture or to communicate universally?’
I made the acquaintance of Steve Mol via the internet. He has been very responsive and encouraging over a number of years. Here is some information about Steve and his work: Steve has always been fascinated with the English language.
***Pioneers – and guest post by teacher Rob Randel asking the question: ‘Does Curriculum for Wales leave reading to chance?’
Raising standards of foundational literacy in the English language is a team affair – and an international team at that. Within that bigger team, however, there are some stand-out individuals who understand the issues which continue to hold back research-informed
***PART TWO: ‘The harmful legacy of multi-cueing and its evolution into look-alike reading – a secondary school perspective’ by Jacqui Moller-Butcher
For PART ONE of this topic, introducing Jacqui Moller-Butcher and her work and worries about ‘look-alike reading’, click HERE. The harmful legacy of multi-cueing and its evolution into look-alike reading – a secondary school perspective by Jacqui Moller-Butcher, June 2020
***PART ONE – Guest post: Introducing Jacqui Moller-Butcher and her extraordinarily important findings (and suggestions) regarding ‘look-alike reading’ in KS 3
PART ONE: I’ve never met secondary English teacher Jacqui Moller-Butcher but I’ve known of her since she first raised worries about her observations of ‘look-alike reading’ in an online discussion via the blog of popular KS 3 blogger, David Didau.
***Guest post: Teacher Katreena Heywood describes her school’s adoption of the Floppy’s Phonics programme
Background to this guest post: I received a lovely thoughtful email from Katreena which was of course wonderful to receive – so I invited Katreena to write a guest post for my blog. I’m very grateful that she was willing
***Suggestions for organising ‘matched texts’ – that is, cumulative decodable reading books for beginners
IMPORTANT UPDATE JAN 2022: Abigail Steel and I have now recorded a webinar discussing this issues around ‘matched reading books’ – this refers to the scenario in England and it includes references to research: Micromanaging Matched Reading Books Webinar This post
***How to find the one-stop route to Debbie’s work and Phonics International Ltd’s resources, guidance, training and further information linked to the reading debate: syntheticphonics.com
Over the many years that my husband David and I have provided resources, information, guidance and training, David has constructed various websites – and then, poor man, he has to keep re-constructing them because of advances in technology – phew
***2018 – The emphasis in England on early language, literacy and literature continues with the establishment of 34 ‘English Hubs’, an ‘English Hubs Council’ and the ‘English Hubs Training Centre’ involving the official promotion and funding of high quality Systematic Synthetic Phonics programmes and training
Anyone who knows me appreciates that I consider myself to be first and foremost a ‘practitioner’, that is a very, very practical person! It was years of being a teacher, tutor, mother, special needs teacher, headteacher, teacher-trainer, phonics consultant, educational