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Fluency: The misunderstood middle child in the ‘Big 5’ of reading instruction
Jennifer Buckingham
Sharing Successful Practice, Perth
Friday 9 October 2020
Primary Reading Pledge
Jennifer Buckingham
Weekly Wednesday Webinar, Learning Difficulties Australia
Wednesday 9 September 2020
From sounding out to sight words: The research base underpinning synthetic phonics
Jennifer Buckingham
Sharing Best Practice conference, Marsden Road Public School, Sydney
Monday 30 September 2019
Evidence-based reading instruction: How far have we come and what barriers remain?
Jennifer Buckingham
Include, Improve, Inspire – Learning Difficulties Conference, Brisbane
Friday 20 September 2019
How the ‘reading wars’ are being fought in Australia
Jennifer Buckingham
researchED National Conference, Chobham Academy, London
Saturday 7 September 2019
From sounding out to sight words: The research base underpinning synthetic phonics
Jennifer Buckingham
Sharing Best Practice conference, Bentleigh West Primary School
1 July 2019
Jennifer will be presenting again at the Sharing Best Practice event at Marsden Road Public School in Sydney on Monday, 30 September 2019
From sounding out to sight words
Jennifer Buckingham
Literacy Summit, South Australia Department of Education
Adelaide Convention Centre
26 February 2019
Phonics in context is not enough: Synthetic phonics and learning to read
In partnership with the Australian College of Educators

Tuesday 31st July 2018, Wesley Theatre, Sydney
Click here to read the full transcript
Opening remarks: The Hon Rob Stokes MP
Moderator: Natasha Robinson, ABC
Speakers for the proposition:
1. Distinguished Professor Anne Castles, Macquarie University
2. Dr Jennifer Buckingham, The Centre for Independent Studies
3. Mr Troy Verey, Marsden Road Public School
Speakers against the proposition:
1. Professor Robyn Ewing, University of Sydney
2. Dr Kathy Rushton, University of Sydney
3. Mark Diamond, Principal, Lansvale Public School
Why do New Zealand and Australia suck at PIRLS and what can be done about it?
Jennifer Buckingham’s presentation at ResearchED Auckland, Auckland Grammar School, 2 June 2018
Phonics in teaching reading: Essential knowledge for educators
Professor Rhona Stainthorp
Thursday, 28 September, 2017, The Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney
For literacy levels to improve, it is essential to have a framework, based in evidence, about the processes that are involved in reading: these are the word reading processes and the language comprehension processes.
Word reading does not just ‘happen’ through exposure to text, but has to be taught directly and systematically. There is overwhelming evidence that teaching phonics as the first approach to word reading is the most effective strategy for independent reading and development of spelling.
The experience from England of the introduction of explicit phonics teaching as the first approach to word reading and the Phonics Screening Check to ensure this is occurring, is that children’s decoding ability can be improved. However, it requires considerable investment in high quality teacher professional development – both for trainee teachers and those with many years of experience.
In this presentation, Professor Stainthorp explains why effective phonics instruction requires a high level of expertise on the part of teachers and principals, and why curricula and assessment must also reflect the evidence on how children become proficient readers.
BIO:
Professor Rhona Stainthorp is a Research Professor in the Institute of Education at Reading University. She began her career as a teacher and since moving into academia has published extensively on reading, spelling and writing development in typical and atypically developing children. Her most recent book is Reading Development and Teaching, co-authored with Professor Morag Stuart. Professor Stainthorp has been advising successive UK governments for the last 25 years on various aspects of the teaching of literacy, including the development of the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check.
Like frogs in a water well: Why is it so difficult to close the research to practice gap in reading instruction
ResearchEd Melbourne, Brighton Grammar School, 1 July 2017
Presentation by Jennifer Buckingham
Facing facts in education: What the evidence says about improving schools
Tuesday, 11 April 2017, The Centre for Independent Studies
England’s schools have undergone substantial changes in the last decade, including: introducing systematic phonics teaching and the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check; implementation of the Shanghai model of maths education in thousands of schools; and the expansion of free schools and academies. These reforms and others were driven by evidence of how children learn and policies that maximise opportunities for children to attend high-quality schools.
What does an evidence-based education look like and why is it so important?
What can England and Australia learn from each other?
What does an evidence-based education look like and why is it so important?
What can England and Australia learn from each other?
SPEAKERS
The Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP, UK Minister of State for School Standards, Mr Mark Scott AO, Secretary of NSW Department of Education, the Hon Rob Stokes MP, NSW Minister for Education.
The Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP, UK Minister of State for School Standards
The Hon Rob Stokes MP, NSW Minister for Education
Mark Scott AO, Secretary of NSW Department of Education
Dr Maryanne Wolf – Tales of the Reading Brain
Learning Difficulties Australia in conjunction with The University of Sydney and The Centre for Independent Studies present Dr Maryanne Wolf – Tales of the Reading Brain: Reading Development, Dyslexia and the Digital Culture, with Dr Jennifer Buckingham and Lisa Ridings.
Parramatta Mantra Hotel
Sydney, Wednesday 7 September, 2016
Learning Difficulties Coalition Seminar
Parramatta Leagues Club
Tuesday, 30 August 2016
Staff Development Day
North Haven Public School
Port Macquarie, Monday 18 July, 2016
Teacher survey
Presentation slides
ResearchEd Melbourne
Brighton Grammar School
Melbourne, Saturday 21 May, 2016
Australian Schools Forum
With Alannah MacTiernan MP, Dr Jennifer Buckingham and Dr Lorraine Hammond
Perth, Saturday 19 March, 2016
Presentation slides: Jennifer Buckingham JBuckingham_AusSchoolsForum_Perth_March 2016_slides
Presentation slides: Lorraine Hammond LHammond_AusSchoolsForum_Perth_March2016_slides
Association of Heads of Independent Schools in Australia/
Independent Schools Council of Australia National Education Forum
Canberra, Tuesday 15 March, 2016
Transcript: Jennifer Buckingham TRANSCRIPT_JenniferBuckingham_15March2016
Five from Five launch
NSW Parliament House, Tuesday 8 March, 2016
Transcript: Jennifer Buckingham TRANSCRIPT_JenniferBuckingham_8March2016
Video: The Hon Adrian Piccoli MP, NSW Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli speech
Video: Dr Kerry Hempenstall, Educational Psychologist and Reading Researcher Kerry Hempenstall speech
Video: Simon Birmingham, Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham video message
Putting Evidence into Practice: 10th Anniversary of the National Inquiry into Teaching Literacy
CIS Roundtable, Tuesday, 8 December, 2015
Why Jaydon Can’t Read: A Forum on Fixing Literacy
CIS Forum, Thursday, 14 November, 2013
Video 1: Jennifer Buckingham https://vimeo.com/user15580660/review/146451843/59849d1d71
Video 2: Justine Ferrari and Tom Alegounarias https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyDNiEqcpi0
Video 3: Q&A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPxIni6mtBE