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Join our free Essential Letters and Sounds Australia (ELSA) workshops to find out how Oxford can support you in implementing a cost effective and evidence-based approach to teaching phonics in your school.
Hosted by Oxford University Press' Joanna Lake, these workshops will include:
- Essential Letters and Sounds Australia overview and principles
- An introduction to our Australian experts, Karina Stocker and Dr Nathaniel Swain
- A look at the ELSA phonics sequence, aligned to Letters and Sounds
- An introduction to the program components
- Information on program implementation, ongoing training and coaching
- Free resources designed to help you implement the program successfully
Melbourne | 24th - 25th July
Brisbane | 29th July
Adelaide | 30th July
Sydney | 5th - 6th August
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An easy to implement, evidence-based phonics program built for Australian schools.
Essential Letters and Sounds Australia is an affordable, easy-to-use, phonics program for years F–1. Built on a research-based program with proven impact, we have adapted this series for complete alignment to Australian schools and all state curriculums.
- Keeps routines simple to reduce cognitive load and maximize your students' success
- Online, on-demand training, available around the clock and included in your teaching subscription
- Practice made easy with our high-quality decodable series matched to theELSA phonic progression and aligned to Letters and Sounds
Essential Letters and Sounds Australia eLibrary (digital)
Digital books matched to the Essential Letters and Sounds Australia progression and organised by year and week
- ✔ The ELSA eLibrary school subscription makes digital reading practice easy, with titles matched to each week of the ELSA progression across Foundation and Year 1
- ✔ Teachers can simply assign relevant titles to students in the eLibrary subscription
- ✔ Oxford’s decodable range aligns to Letters and Sounds and can be used alongside the program
Oxford’s decodable range aligns to Letters and Sounds and can be used alongside the program
Each of the following series can be used alongside Essential Letters and Sounds Australia, click on the lock to explore the series in-depth.
Online, on-demand training, available around the clock and included in your teaching subscription.
- Schools can organise training in a way that suits them, whenever they choose.
- ELSA provides excellent value for money, with training included in the Teaching Subscription
- On demand training is available every day for refresh and coaching