RWI Parent/Carer Meeting – February 2015
At Ysgol Maes-y-Llan we want to give our children
the best possible start. To give a child the gift of
reading is to give them the ability to read and learn
for the rest of their lives.
‘It’s like learning to ride a bike.
Once you learn how to read
you never forget. It’s a gift for life.’
Our journey so far…
- Reading identified as school priority
- Researched programmes available
- Decided on RWInc.
- Went to visit Sandycroft CP
- Model RWInc school / Estyn best practise
- Staff went on training
- Implemented in school
We know that our new approach to Literacy
teaching using Read Write Inc:
• has been tried and tested over and over again
• is systematic, structured and therefore results in
rapid teaching and learning of sounds & blending
• means that, importantly and simply, when
children know these sounds well and they can
blend, they read books that are carefully matched
to the sounds they know
- this means that children are successful from
the very beginning
‘Read Write Inc. has worked wonders in our school. We have had pupils improving their
reading ages by over 24 months in as little as a 6 month period.’
Phillip Harrhy, Maesglas Primary School, Newport
Estyn best practice reports
‘Shirenewton Primary School,
Monmouthshire, has used a wide range of
highly effective strategies to significantly
improve pupils’ literacy skills. These
include fast-paced sessions with no
downtime, ensuring that all pupils are
active participants in their learning and
firm emphasis on the direct teaching of
phonics.’
Literacy brings results, Estyn,
published 2012
Click here to read more about the impact of
RWI in schools in Wales
http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/impact-readwrite-inc-welsh-primary-schools/
Shirenewton Primary School
in Monmouthshire, Romilly
Primary School in
Glamorgan, and Sandycroft
CP in Flintshire are all Read
Write Inc. model schools,
and were all recently part of
Estyn best practice case
studies.
http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/ruth-miskin-training-dundeeproject/
10:30
Read Write Inc. - Changes you may
notice.
• Stage not age – children are grouped based on
their reading level – regrouped regularly
•Children are taught in groups according to their
reading ability and so your child may be in a
group with younger or older children. This will
enable us to teach your child more effectively;
children do not struggle because the work is too
difficult or get bored because the work is too
easy. They will access 100% of every lesson.
Read Write Inc. - Changes you may
notice.
•Reading diaries – will not be signed
• Spellings - will not be sent home for children in the
programme as children are tested within the RWInc
lessons. Some children may be sent home ‘red words’.
Attendance is vital due to the speed of the programme.
A bit of technical knowledge…
Phonics = the sounds in our language.
Watch our sound pronunciation guide.
Now it is your turn to practise…
The English language is a complex code…
It would be easy if we only had to learn Set 1 and Set 2
sounds.
ay
igh
play
eight
cake
straight
right
tie
kite
fly
Set 3 sounds
How do phonics help us read?
Say “hello” to Fred.
Fred can only talk in sounds...
He says “c_a_t.” Not cat.
We call this Fred Talk.
Watch Ruth Miskin explains Fred Talk.
How to help your child at home…
You can read stories with your child.
Relentlessly.
Listen to them read.
Read their favourite stories to them over and over
again.
Read some stories at a higher level than they can read
themselves.
Watch our storytime at home video.
How to help your child at home…
By reading your child lots of lovely stories and
asking lots of questions!
What do you think
happens next?
Use these prompts to help you:
What is that
character
thinking?
What is happening?
What is the
character
saying?
How do you
think that character is
feeling now?
You can practise pronouncing sounds.
Remember no ‘fuh’ and ‘luh’!
You can have fun with Fred Talk.
“What a tidy r-oo-m!”
“Where’s your c-oa-t?”
“Time for b-e-d!”
Children who read at home do well at school
• Read fluently
• Write confidently
• Speak articulately
You can watch video tutorials.
For how to do all these things and more
www.ruthmiskintraining.com/parents