Docklands Primary School, Melbourne, Australia

Docklands Primary School opened its doors in Melbourne in January 2021. In this case study, Emina McLean, Head of English, describes how Sounds-Write was implemented in Foundation to Year 2 in the middle of the pandemic. Despite four lockdowns forcing periods of online teaching, various standardised tests show 80% of students on average meeting or exceeding expectations. [For the complete volume, "Systematic Synthetic Phonics: Case Studies from Sounds Write Practitioners," see ED619956.]