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Donna Smith

@d_o_nn_a

Sounds-Write Trainer. Delivering training, supporting schools, using a speech-to-print approach, learning more about the science of reading. Own views.

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John Walker, Sounds-Write (@swliteracy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New Sounds-Write podcast episode out now! Jacinda Vaughan answers your questions about teaching in intervention settings. From supporting English Language Learners to addressing articulation & accents, this episode has it all. Now on major podcast apps or buzzsprout.com/2026282/136549…

New Sounds-Write podcast episode out now! <a href="/Jacinda19771/">Jacinda Vaughan</a>  answers your questions about teaching in intervention settings. From supporting English Language Learners to addressing articulation &amp; accents, this episode has it all. Now on major podcast apps or buzzsprout.com/2026282/136549…
St Luke's CofE Primary School Cambridge (@stlukesdemat) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you are interested in how we teach phonics in school, our website has a wealth of information, including links to two superb Udemy courses about the John Walker, Sounds-Write system we use. stlukes.demat.org.uk/sounds-write-p… #StLukesPrimary #StLukesDEMAT #SoundsWrite

If you are interested in how we teach phonics in school, our website has a wealth of information, including links to two superb Udemy courses about the <a href="/SWLiteracy/">John Walker, Sounds-Write</a> system we use.

stlukes.demat.org.uk/sounds-write-p…

#StLukesPrimary #StLukesDEMAT #SoundsWrite
Donna Smith (@d_o_nn_a) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Congratulations on this success! Well done and well deserved. Wonderful to see the great comments about early reading in the report. #soundswrite

John Walker, Sounds-Write (@swliteracy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We're back with more delicious nuggets of language nerdiness! πŸ€“ πŸ“š Join us as we continue to journey into all the nerdy nooks and crannies of the English language! Stream the episode now on major podcasting apps or here: buzzsprout.com/2026282/138283…

We're back with more delicious nuggets of language nerdiness! πŸ€“ πŸ“š
Join us as we continue to journey into all the nerdy nooks and crannies of the English language! Stream the episode now on major podcasting apps or here: buzzsprout.com/2026282/138283…
John Walker, Sounds-Write (@swliteracy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exciting news! Wiz Words is now available in the UK and US! Sounds-Write is thrilled to launch our new US shop today, your one-stop destination for Sounds-Write decodable readers and Wiz Words. You can find our UK, Australian and US online shops here: sounds-write.co.uk/shop/

Exciting news! Wiz Words is now available in the UK and US! 
Sounds-Write is thrilled to launch our new US shop today, your one-stop destination for Sounds-Write decodable readers and Wiz Words. You can find our UK, Australian and US online shops here: sounds-write.co.uk/shop/
Donna Smith (@d_o_nn_a) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Really pleased about this delivery today! Wiz Words - activities for the Initial Code - looks fabulous! A great resource to use! #soundswrite John Walker, Sounds-Write

Really pleased about this delivery today!  Wiz Words - activities for the Initial Code - looks fabulous! A great resource to use! #soundswrite <a href="/SWLiteracy/">John Walker, Sounds-Write</a>
John Walker, Sounds-Write (@swliteracy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We're thrilled to announce our partnership with RNIB Bookshare: UK education collection, making our decodable readers available in accessible formats for students with print disabilities! A selection of our books is now on RNIB, and we'll be adding even more in the future rnibbookshare.org/cms

We're thrilled to announce our partnership with <a href="/RNIBBookshare/">RNIB Bookshare: UK education collection</a>, making our decodable readers available in accessible formats for students with print disabilities!
A selection of our books is now on RNIB, and we'll be adding even more in the future rnibbookshare.org/cms
John Walker, Sounds-Write (@swliteracy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎁 Exciting news! We're kicking off the 12 days of Christmas with a giveaway πŸ“š Win a complete set of our decodables – that's 91 decodable readers and a downloadable poetry book! Enter on our Facebook or Instagram pages before December 2, 2023, 10 am GMT. Don't miss out! 🌟

🎁 Exciting news! We're kicking off the 12 days of Christmas with a giveaway πŸ“š Win a complete set of our decodables – that's 91 decodable readers and a downloadable poetry book! Enter on our Facebook or Instagram pages before December 2, 2023, 10 am GMT. Don't miss out! 🌟
John Walker, Sounds-Write (@swliteracy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

πŸŽ‡πŸŽ Day 2 of Sounds-Write's 12 Days of Christmas brings you a freebie! πŸŽ‡ We've got a free Initial Code Unit 5 downloadable for you called New Year's Eve! You can download it here >> sounds-write.co.uk/free-downloads

πŸŽ‡πŸŽ Day 2 of Sounds-Write's 12 Days of Christmas brings you a freebie! πŸŽ‡ 

We've got a free Initial Code Unit 5 downloadable for you called New Year's Eve! You can download it here &gt;&gt; sounds-write.co.uk/free-downloads
John Walker, Sounds-Write (@swliteracy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎁 Day 3 of Sounds-Write's 12 Days of Christmas! 🎁 Enjoy a festive treat with 10% off ALL items in our shop! 🌟 Use code 12DAYS at checkout. Hurry, the offer is valid for 5 days only! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ… πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ sounds-write.co.uk/shop πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί australia-shop.sounds-write.com πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ usa-shop.sounds-write.com

🎁 Day 3 of Sounds-Write's 12 Days of Christmas! 🎁 Enjoy a festive treat with 10% off ALL items in our shop! 🌟 Use code 12DAYS at checkout. Hurry, the offer is valid for 5 days only! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ…

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ sounds-write.co.uk/shop
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί australia-shop.sounds-write.com
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ usa-shop.sounds-write.com
John Walker, Sounds-Write (@swliteracy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

πŸŽ„Day 4 of Sounds-Write's 12 Days of Christmas!πŸŽ„ Get into the festive spirit with 3 Christmas-themed Seek the Sound stories! πŸŽ… Use Lesson 9 from the Sounds-Write manual to add some holiday sparkle to your phonics session 🌟 You can download them here >> sounds-write.co.uk/free-downloads

πŸŽ„Day 4 of Sounds-Write's 12 Days of Christmas!πŸŽ„ Get into the festive spirit with 3 Christmas-themed Seek the Sound stories! πŸŽ… Use Lesson 9 from the Sounds-Write manual to add some holiday sparkle to your phonics session 🌟 You can download them here &gt;&gt; sounds-write.co.uk/free-downloads
John Walker, Sounds-Write (@swliteracy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎁🌟 Day 7 of the Sounds-Write 12 Days of Christmas! 🌟🎁 Today's giveaway is for one lucky winner to win our Initial Code Reading Together Collection! πŸ“š Head over to our Facebook or Instagram pages to enter! Hurry, this giveaway closes on the 8th of December 2023 at 10 am GMT.

🎁🌟 Day 7 of the Sounds-Write 12 Days of Christmas! 🌟🎁 Today's giveaway is for one lucky winner to win our Initial Code Reading Together Collection! πŸ“š Head over to our Facebook or Instagram pages to enter! Hurry, this giveaway closes on the 8th of December 2023 at 10 am GMT.
John Walker, Sounds-Write (@swliteracy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We're hiring! We're looking for someone in the UK who is already trained in Sounds-Write and teaching our programme with fidelity and enthusiasm to join our team and help us deliver our Sounds-Write training courses. Check out the role details: bit.ly/swtrainer23

We're hiring! We're looking for someone in the UK who is already trained in Sounds-Write and teaching our programme with fidelity and enthusiasm to join our team and help us deliver our Sounds-Write training courses.
Check out the role details: bit.ly/swtrainer23
Donna Smith (@d_o_nn_a) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Writing decodables can be tricky but this one was a lot of fun! All ready for Burns Night on Thursday. Big shout out to my colleague, Laura, for working her magic with Canva for the illustrations!

Donna Smith (@d_o_nn_a) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Always great to work with Laura on a podcast episode! Hoping this one is helpful for all of the Phonics Leads out there in schools being β€˜phonics champions’. #soundswrite #phonics #phonicslead #ssp #speechtoprint #linguisticphonics

Donna Smith (@d_o_nn_a) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Very excited to have these BRAND NEW Sounds-Write decodables delivered! πŸ“š Introducing... the Extended Code Next Steps Collection! 🌟 Books designed to challenge confident readers! πŸš€ See the Sounds-Write shop: sounds-write.co.uk/product/extend… #soundswrite #decodables #phonics #ssp

Very excited to have these BRAND NEW Sounds-Write decodables delivered!  

πŸ“š Introducing... the Extended Code Next Steps Collection! 🌟 Books designed to challenge confident readers! πŸš€ 

See the Sounds-Write shop: sounds-write.co.uk/product/extend…

#soundswrite #decodables #phonics #ssp
John Walker, Sounds-Write (@swliteracy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We’re really happy to share that from September, all trained practitioners will have access to a full suite of progress checks, available on The Practitioners' Portal, for free. We’ll be providing a further update once the resources are available. #SoundsWriteProgressCheck