SEN Newsletter - Summer 2013 - Staffordshire Learning Net ...

Reading approaches at Merryfields school
Sue Poulter leads on the teaching of literacy in Merryfields School, Newcastle. Recently the school
have been amending their Communication and Literacy policy to better meet the changing needs
Reading approaches at Merryfields school
of pupils within the school population. After examining and reflecting upon research in this area, the
Sue Poulter leads on the teaching of literacy in Merryfields School, Newcastle. Recently
school
the school
have included
have been
an analytic
amending
phonic
their
approach
Communication
to support
and
the
Literacy
early acquisition
policy to
of
better
reading
meet
skills
the
through changing effective needs Wave of pupils 1, quality within first the teaching school strategies. population. After examining and reflecting upon
research in this area, the school have included an analytic phonic approach to support the
early acquisition of reading skills through effective Wave 1, quality first teaching strategies.
To implement this amended approach, a number of meetings were undertaken during the Spring
term. To implement This shared this professional amended dialogue approach, facilitated a number the of implementation meetings were of undertaken strategies that during would the
better Spring match term. the This teaching shared provided professional to individual dialogue pupils facilitated learning the needs. implementation To support this, of Sue strategies has
devised
that would
a hierarchical
better match
structure
the teaching
to support
provided
staff in assessing
to individual
skill
pupils
acquisition
learning
and to
needs.
identify
To
the next
support this, Sue has devised a hierarchical structure to support staff in assessing skill
steps acquisition needed. and to identify the next steps needed.
Assessment level progression for sight vocabulary.
Level Assessment Pupils working within the level
P6 Match words with distinct shape
P7 Read logos (4)
P8 Recognise own name and 2 other words
e.g. Mum, dinosaur
NC 1C Read 5 environmental words
Read names of most class members
Read 10 High Frequency words
NC 1B Read names of 6 key characters in books
Read 25 High Frequency words
NC 1A Read 45 HF words
NC 2C Read 100 HF words
This new approach has been monitored through teaching observations. Those staff who
This required new approach on-going has been support monitored to support through the teaching further observations. instigation of Those new staff ideas who have required been on-going assisted
support through to support the provision the further of instigation both peer of mentoring new ideas have and been modelling. assisted through the provision of both peer
mentoring and modelling.
In addition to paying attention to its evaluated wave 1 provision, the school has re-assessed
the group based and 1:1 interventions it provides to pupils who needed additional support.
In addition Again evidence to paying attention based research to its evaluated in this wave area 1 provision, was referred the school to and has Precision re-assessed Teaching the group was based
and selected 1:1 interventions as the approach it provides to most pupils likely who to needed increase additional the rate support. of progress. Again evidence This based is now research being in
used with groups in the top three classes. For other pupils with specific needs, an
this
experienced
area was referred
literacy
to and
tutor
Precision
has been
Teaching
employed
was selected
to support
as the approach
progress
most
in literacy
likely to increase
via 1:1
the rate
of progress. support. This is now being used with groups in the top three classes. For other pupils with specific needs,
an experienced literacy tutor has been employed to support progress in literacy via 1:1 support.
In addition Sue has collated a list of accessible and appropriate web-based literacy
activities to share with parents to enable them to support their children’s literacy acquisition.
In addition These resources Sue has collated can a also list of be accessible used if pupils and appropriate are away web-based from school literacy e.g. activities in the to holidays share with or
parents recovering to enable from them an to illness. support their At present children’s these literacy are acquisition. shared as These a paper resources copy can but also the be aim used is that if
they will be made available via the school’s website.
pupils are away from school e.g. in the holidays or recovering from an illness. At present these are shared as a
paper copy but the aim is that they will be made available via the school’s website.
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