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their chronological age. It is a progressive support programme delivered for 20
minutes every day.
Alpha to Omega
Alpha to Omega is a clearly structured programme offering a linguistic, phonic
approach to support children in reading, writing and spelling.
Talking Partners
Talking Partners is a programme to boost speaking skills and was developed by
Education Bradford. It is a structured oral language programme providing part of
an integrated approach to raise levels of achievement. The programme is run 20
minutes a session, 3 sessions per week for 10 weeks.
Early Literacy Support (ELS)
The aim of the intervention is to ensure that by the beginning of Y1 Term 3, all
children are working at the appropriate objectives and are able to participate fully
in the daily Literacy Hour with their peers. Each intervention session:
• includes a daily word level element and provides a balance of reading, writing
and speaking and listening across the week;
• focuses on securing key learning objectives, setting targets and reviewing
progress;
• includes activities designed for the children to ‘take away’ to practise and
consolidate their learning;
• is closely aligned to the Literacy Hour; the ‘teachers’ notes’ provide guidance to
help the class teacher support the children as they transfer their learning from
the intervention sessions into the Literacy Hour.
Additional Literacy Support (ALS)
ALS is designed to help pupils in Key Stage 2 who have already fallen behind in
literacy, but who would not otherwise receive any additional support in this area.
Each module includes a practical, high quality teaching programme for such pupils,
to be delivered during the group work session of the Literacy Hour by teachers and
classroom assistants, working in partnership. There are four modules on phonics,
reading (guided and supported) and writing (shared and supported), as well as
guidance for teachers on managing ALS and an accompanying video.
Further Literacy Support (FLS)
Further Literacy Support is targeted at children in Year 5 who have achieved at
least Level 2 at the end of Year 4 and who are working at Level 3 in Year 5. It
consists of a training programme, screening procedures and three modules of
additional literacy sessions focused on key objectives from Years 4 and 5. There is
an emphasis on writing, on strategies that enable children to track and comment on
their own progress, and on independent ‘homework’ tasks.
The support programmes will be tailored and used for a range of different groupings
based on the assessment of need.