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frattempo client wins 2012 BETT industry award
Gill Budgell of frattempo was delighted to have been part of the award-winning team from Oxford University Press at the 2012 BETT awards held in London. Oxford Owl, a free educational site offering literacy and numeracy advice for parents, beat a tough line up of competing entries to win the category for Digital Collections and Resource Banks. Judges thought that this comprehensive product would … [Read More...]
Phonics #2: Phonics is not a science.
Phonics is not a science. Fact. There are many grey areas. The alphabetic code is something that we try to teach coherently to increase children's chances of success in learning how to read and spell. We all agree that there are 26 letters of the alphabet and we agree that there are simple and complex sounds represented by letters or combinations of letters. Research indicates that if the … [Read More...]