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      Fitzroy Readers
      • The Fitzroy Program
        • Quick Guide to the Fitzroy Program
        • Where to Start
        • Scope and Sequence
        • Australian Curriculum and the Fitzroy Program
        • Extra Resources
      • Year
        • Lower Primary
        • Middle Primary
        • Upper Primary
      • English
        • Where to Start
        • View All
        • Special Offers
        • Fitzroy Sounds
        • Alphabet Book
        • Alphabetics Word Game
        • Fitzroy Readers
        • Word Skills Workbooks
        • Word Skills Answer Books
        • Fitzroy Readers Running Records
        • Fitzroy Audio Readers
        • Big Books
        • Word Families
        • Teacher's Guide
        • Training
      • Maths
        • Where to Start
        • View All
        • Special Offers
      • French
        • View All
        • Bien-dire Initial
        • Bien-dire
        • Bien-dire + Bien-dire Initial
        • Bien-dire Plus
        • Bien-dire E-Magazine
        • Bien-Dire Essentials
      • About
      • Quick Guide to the Fitzroy Program
      • Where to Start
      • Scope and Sequence
      • Australian Curriculum and the Fitzroy Program
      • Extra Resources
      • Lower Primary
      • Middle Primary
      • Upper Primary
      • Where to Start
      • View All
      • Special Offers
      • Fitzroy Sounds
      • Alphabet Book
      • Alphabetics Word Game
      • Fitzroy Readers
      • Word Skills Workbooks
      • Word Skills Answer Books
      • Fitzroy Readers Running Records
      • Fitzroy Audio Readers
      • Big Books
      • Word Families
      • Teacher's Guide
      • Training
      • Where to Start
      • View All
      • Special Offers
      • View All
      • Bien-dire Initial
      • Bien-dire
      • Bien-dire + Bien-dire Initial
      • Bien-dire Plus
      • Bien-dire E-Magazine
      • Bien-Dire Essentials
      Welcome to the online home of Fitzroy Programs. Our shop and office, located at 593 Brunswick Street, North Fitzroy, Melbourne, is open 10am - 5pm, Monday to Friday. All enquiries, however big or small, are welcome via phone or email. To keep up-to-date with news and happenings, follow Fitzroy Readers on Facebook and Instagram.

       

      The Story of the Fitzroy Readers

      FCS Book

      The Fitzroy Readers were created by Faye Berryman and Philip O’Carroll for use in the classrooms of Fitzroy Community School, founded by the pair in 1976 in Melbourne’s inner north. Faye, formerly a secondary English teacher and social worker, and Philip, previously a university lecturer in logic and linguistics, designed the program to promote reading confidence and mastery of English using a phonic approach. Philip and Faye have published a book about their experience of starting and running Fitzroy Community School. You can purchase the book here. 

      It is over forty years now since the first Fitzroy Reader was written. In addition to the readers, currently in their thirteenth edition, the Fitzroy Program now comprises fully integrated workbooks, audio materials, educational games and the Fitzroy Maths series.

      The Fitzroy Readers and support materials have gained a reputation for sound learning principles, logical structure and impressive results, and are used in thousands of schools and other educational settings in Australia and around the world. 

       

      English

      The nine sets of ten Fitzroy Readers, with their accompanying Fitzroy Word Skills workbooks, form the core of the program. A new sound and/or digraph is introduced in each of the sequential Fitzroy Readers. There is one Fitzroy Word Skills workbook for each set of Fitzroy Readers, except the last set which has two Word Skills workbooks.

      The Word Skills workbooks provide activities that focus on the new sound and/or digraph introduced, as well as spelling, grammar, comprehension and creative English exercises for each reader.

       

      The Australian English Curriculum version 9.0 has introduced a strong focus on phonics. The Fitzroy Program is a phonics program that supports a high level of achievement in all three English strands, with a particular emphasis on literacy. (See our supporting documents under Resources on the website)

       

      The Fitzroy Readers gradually introduce the 50+ most common special words (non-phonic). Some phonic words are called special words when first encountered but become sounding words later, when a reader focuses on their digraph.

       

      Maths

      The Fitzroy Maths workbooks were also developed in the test-bed of Fitzroy Community School, by Philip O’Carroll, Tim Berryman and Clotilde Bersac, to build competency and confidence in young mathematicians.

      Fitzroy Maths is made up of six sets of five workbooks, from beginner up to upper primary level. The accessible and appealing workbooks use minimal English in the first three sets and are designed to allow students to work at their own pace.

      The Fitzroy Maths workbooks use the same step-by-step principle and logical sequencing as the Fitzroy Readers, laying strong foundations at the primary level.

       

      French

      Fitzroy Readers distribute Bien-dire magazines – a French language-learning resource.

      Bien-dire Initial, for intermediate learners, and Bien-dire, for more advanced students, are magazines produced specifically for English-speaking learners of French. They include colourful articles about current affairs, history, recipes, travel, and contemporary French culture. The articles come with lists of vocabulary and there is an optional Audio CD or MP3 to aid with pronunciation, as well as interactive exercises available online via Bien-dire Plus.

      There are six issues of each magazine per year, with Bien-dire Initial and Bien-dire published on alternate months.

      CONTACT US

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