Carey College has always used phonics to teach reading with a very high level of success. Guest to this web site, Associate Professor Tom Nicholson, presents a review of the report. Whenever we make a submission to Parliament we include a statement of our basic beliefs. We do this partly to explain to Members of Parliament how important our faith is in guiding the schooling we provide, and to demonstrate to them that our schooling is based on principles that should have the support and protection of good law and justice. At the same time, we pray that our submissions will bring before Members of Parliament some of the basic principles of biblical Christianity, and so be used of God to move their hearts to honour him in their lives and work.
Pupils have open access to computers and the internet.
That raises issues of safety for children. The Bible does not give the state authority for education. Yet in most western countries the state has assumed authority to control education and spend vast sums of its funds on schooling. New English Achievement Standards distributed last week are typically dumb. As a result small schools may be hampered in the courses they can offer and risk having significant financial burdens thrust on them.