<div dir="ltr">Sky News<br><br>'Cut phonics teaching': Vital improvements needed in how we teach children to read, say 250 teachers and academics<br><br>An open letter is sent to the Education Secretary calling for changes in how children are taught in England, with less time spent on 'synthetic phonics' - which involves sounding out combinations of letters and then combining the sounds to spell out words.<br><br>Full story:<br><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/cut-phonics-teaching-vital-improvements-needed-in-how-we-teach-children-to-read-say-250-teachers-and-academics-12519819">https://news.sky.com/story/cut-phonics-teaching-vital-improvements-needed-in-how-we-teach-children-to-read-say-250-teachers-and-academics-12519819</a></div>