The Applied Scholastics Phonics Programme teaches students to read and write on the correct gradient. Great emphasis is placed on understanding the meanings of words, which results in increased confidence and true comprehension of what is being learned.

Applied Scholastics Wattle Grove provides phonics tutoring to children and adults of all ages, including English as a Second Language students.
We provide tutoring to the student who is beginning to learn to read and write, and for the remedial student.

If you are a parent, ask yourself these questions:
Can your child sound out the words he reads? Or does he:

MEMORISE THEM? GUESS THEM? WORK IT OUT FROM THE PICTURES?

Furthermore, can your child truly understand what he reads?

LET'S GO BACK TO BASICS

Most children learn the most common sounds of the letters of the alphabet, but they need a true understanding of how a single letter can have more than one sound. For example, did you know the letter “a” has many sounds?

ant      many      want      fast      ball      baby

Children also need a thorough understanding of how two or more letters can represent just one sound:

book       caught       play       bird       thank    ship        eight          phone     bring

The above must be taught on the correct gradient or confusion will be inevitable. This will then result in a student who does poorly in the literacy area, and will develop a distaste for the subject and an unwillingness to learn.

We also focus on spelling, punctuation, letter formation and the correct pronunciation of words.