Who is this for? Pupils in Years 3 and 4 who need additional support with reading
How long is the programme? Two sessions a week over 20 weeks
What resources are provided? Additional literacy development activities for training teaching assistants including word reading accuracy and reading comprehension.
Instead of being delivered to the whole class, this intervention is provided to small groups of selected pupils in Years 3 and 4 would benefit from extra help. These pupils will take part in small-group sessions delivered by trained teaching assistants two days a week over about 20 weeks. The sessions focus on developing phonics and decoding skills, word reading accuracy, reading fluency, and reading comprehension.
Our language and literacy programmes are available from September 2026. We are simultaneously conducting trials on each of them to measure effectiveness. The data collected will contribute to our evidence base and guide improvements to the programmes before they are made available nationwide in 2027.
If you are interested in accessing any of our resources and taking part in the trial phrase in September 2026, please contact calonysgol@bangor.ac.uk