Lexonik literacy at the speed of sound literacy programme. The shine programme was run for 25 weeks throughout the year menzies et al. Guidance for literacy and numeracy catchup programmes guidance document number 0882012 date of revision november 2012 introduction this information is intended for schools and teaching practitioners in wales along with school improvement consortia and local authorities. Updated literacy and numeracy catchup strategies introduction to explain that the costs listed are the costs from running the intervention programmes during the trial. Fast forword is an evidencebased, adaptive reading and language program that delivers 12 years gain in 4060 hours of use for any struggling learner. It provides guidance on literacy and numeracy catchup programmes. The catch up literacy intervention is proven to help struggling readers achieve double the normal rate of progress in their reading ages. Based on the well respected book by professor greg brooks, what works for children and young people with literacy difficulties, the trust has developed an.
Intervention programmes in mathematics and literacy. We also provide training to schools, clusters and local authorities on english and literacy, and support schools in improving their provision for children. Use updown arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Offending behaviour programmes and interventions gov. Discover the many different ways literacyplanet can be used here.
We ask everyone attending our courses to follow the latest advice from the uk government or the australian government, as appropriate. What works for children and young people with literacy. Guidance for literacy and numeracy catchup programmes hwb. These students have their humanities lessons religious studies, history and geography delivered with a strong literacy focus. This video shows an example of good practice in primary literacy catch up programmes. Using a broad range of innovative techniques, we provide schools with a groundbreaking literacy intervention programme with amazing results. Language and phonological skills are the foundations of literacy development.
An extensive selection of training and continuing professional development courses cpd courses and opportunities for teachers and education professionals linked to your own personalised electronic personal development record. Four 15minute sessions per week are delivered by a teaching assistant ta to groups of three to five pupils. The literacy intervention toolkit lit programme aims to improve the reading ability of children in year 7 who scored below level 4 at the end of primary school. Resources and programmes to help students develop their literacy skills at secondary school. The national literacy trust is a registered charity no. What works for children and young people with literacy difficulties.
Intervention support for literacy in year 1 the pns aims to raise standards for all children and advocates a systematic approach to teaching based on three waves of tailored support. Intervention programmes targeted to improve phonological skills and letter knowledge in atrisk children can be effective in promoting decoding skills during the early years and also in poor readers at later stages of development. Abracadabra abra is a 20week online literacy programme composed of phonic fluency and comprehension activities based around a series of ageappropriate texts. Catch up literacy is a structured onetoone intervention for learners who find reading difficult. Comprehensive and interactive online program for schoolaged children to support the development of all key english literacy skills. The service is provided through a collaboration between the 5 leas blaenau gwent, cardiff, monmouthshire, newport, torfaen within the south east wales consortium. Grow was developed from a research project and piloted in a number of schools in different regional areas.
Hairies and yetis teach memory strategies, helping children understand phonics and develop number sense, while having great fun. Catch up literacy uses a bookbased approach to support learners in their reading of a book so they activate both dimensions of reading word recognition processes including phonics. Grow reading recovery europe ucl university college. Our goal is to provide educators with the information they need to make evidencebased decisions. It has been adapted for the electronic age and for the school setting, thus making it accessible to a wider audience. Recommendation 7 from the eefs improving literacy in key stage 2 guidance report is as follows use highquality structured interventions to help pupils who are struggling with their literacy.
Interventions for literacy is a free online tool listing evidence based interventions available for supporting those with literacy difficulties including dyslexia. Intervention programmes we define an intervention programme as materials and instructions, usually for short or mediumterm use, aimed at raising selected pupils attainment, and we focus on programmes used by tas in primary schools in england for pupils receiving extra help in literacy and mathematics. The most recent national assessment of educational progress naep report indicates that, as a whole, students in 4th, 8th, and 12th grades are not demonstrating marked growth in reading, with scores for disadvantaged students registering lower than in previous years national center for education statistics, 2017. Standardised data is collected to evidence impact at the end the intervention. Soundswrite is a quality first phonics programme, and is probably the finest system of literacy tuition in the english language. My son now tops his set for english and i still cannot quite believe it.
Not all the suggestions here will apply to any one student or situation. Literacyplanet is a versatile program that is equally as effective in the classroom as it is in tutor centres or at home. Nessy reading, writing and spelling help for children. Literacy intervention delivery with clip cumulative. This literacy intervention programme is the second half of the two beat words found in the snip literacy programme part 3. Based on decades of research and experience in phonology, literacy and dyslexia, our literacy at the speed of sound programmes are.
Early literacy support 007672007domen introduction this file is designed for teaching assistants running the intervention sessions. Evidence informing literacy intervention for older students. A specially trained better reading support partner delivers a short onetoone support programme to help them to develop independent reading and comprehension skills. The research suggests that some amount of restructuring of the timetable may be needed to deliver this programme effectively in first and second year. Saturday school programmes work in a similar way, using out of school days to enable lowattaining pupils to catch up in literacy.
An evaluation of national strategy intervention programmes 4 executive summary inspectors visited 12 primary and nine secondary schools in the spring term 2008 to evaluate the impact of national strategy interventions on pupils achievement, teaching, learning and. What intervention schemes are there which have been used in the uk in an attempt to boost the reading, spelling. Examples of high quality evidence based phonics programs. Literacy intervention programme hurworth school swift. Guidance for literacy and numeracy catchup programmes. A comparative chart 2011 reading intervention programs play an important role in helping all students become confident, skilled readers.
Research suggests readingwise english offers over 9 months reading age increase in just 20 hours. Fft literacy specialise in developing intervention programmes for reading, writing, speaking and listening. The asl teacher administers a range of diagnostic assessments which inform starting points on the programme. The search function allows you to tailor selections according to academic yearage, specific need and type of support, such as ict based. It is based on research by the centre for reading and language at york and is delivered by specially trained teaching assistants tas. She recommended toe by toe and it saved my sons education. Snip literacy programme 1 introduction phil and carol smart are both qualified dyslexic tutors. Literacy intervention delivery with clip cumulative literacy programme is a programme that is based on the dyslexia institute literacy programme dilp.
It is also an excellent phonics program for adults. Every child counts has 4 families of literacy intervention programmes, each. The effectiveness of intervention schemes fifth edition greg brooks. Produced by phil and carol smart, both experienced dyslexic tutors, it uses secondary curriculum and high frequency words to support the recognition and spelling of words pupils will need to know in order to read and write fluently. Featured article springboards for learning early experiences launch childrens development forward. Overview of wave 2 literacy intervention programmes. It provides the flexibility to teach the way you want to, and for each and every one of your students to develop their literacy skills in the way that best suits them. As the executive director of read charlotte, one of my jobs is to seek out the best interventions to support early literacy in mecklenburg county. For example, shine is a saturday school programme that revisits areas in which pupils are struggling through enrichment opportunities. Readers count a teacherled, personalised programme for pupils who really. Catch up literacy is a literacy intervention originally developed by. Literacy acceleration this programme is an intensive literacy programme for use with struggling readers on entry to postprimary school.
Overview of wave 2 literacy intervention programmes wave 2 provision is designed to increase rates of progress and secure learning for groups of pupils which puts them back on course to meet or exceed age related expectations. They were both classroom teachers for many years before specialising in addressing the barriers to learning experienced by children. Standardised texts already used in school usually provide adequate pre and post programme assessment. Effective interventions for struggling readers second edition, 2019 a good practice guide for teachers this neps good practice guide was developed by educational psychologists. An overview of evidencebased literacy interventions in. Once you have an idea of what the specific issues that the pupil is facing, look to see if there is a pack that will help the pupil to understand and move forward. Toe by toe my son now years old was tested by an oxford professor 6 years ago for dyslexia. A new study by researchers shows that a home environment that is rich with language and learning jumpstarts childrens skills and has benefits that can be seen until at least grade 5. The hanen centre speech and language development for. The idl literacy intervention is a speakingcomputer based multisensory system which supports learners with dyslexia and other learning difficulties to increase their reading and spelling ages.
The shine programme was run for 25 weeks throughout the year. It is the essential guide for running the sessions each day. Offender behaviour programmes and interventions aim. We focus on the results from highquality research to answer the question what works in education. Reach is a targeted reading support programme designed to improve reading accuracy and comprehension in pupils with reading difficulties in years 7 and 8. Successful interventions being used in schools lorraine. Schools choose fast forword because our unique brainbased approach targets the root causes of reading difficulty to deliver lasting results that make better readers and lifelong learners. English teachers and literacy coordinators use literacyplanet for classroom, differentiated, catchup and extension learning. It enables struggling readers to achieve more than double the progress of typically developing readers.
These programmes enable underattaining pupils to catch up to the literacy. An evaluation of national strategy intervention programmesl. Online literacy education program for schools literacyplanet. The literacy intervention toolkit lit is an extraordinarily effective teaching programme. Lexonik is an awardwinning company based in the north east of england, working with teachers globally to raise attainment through transformational programmes and training to supercharge literacy skills. Lit programme projects education endowment foundation eef. If you are planning to purchase an intervention program for instruction, it is important to do. Catch up23, a notforprofit uk registered24 charity with researchers from oxford brookes. What intervention schemes are there which have been used in the uk in an attempt to boost the reading, spelling or overall writing attainment of. It employs evidence based strategies proven to increase progress in english and the wider curriculum for the lowest achieving students in year 7 with most making an astonishing 34 years of progress in a single year. Nessy programs are designed to help students of all abilities learn to read, write, spell and type, especially those who learn differently, including. Offending behaviour programmes and interventions currently available for offenders in england and wales. Literacy intervention programme some of our key stage 3 students require additional support with literacy skills. Home sounds write sounds write first rate phonics an.