In School Strand - Language & Literacy | |
All 11 primary schools have received support in tailoring a whole school plan for the teaching of English | |
All 11 primary schools have a set of vocabulary games to support language development, which are being used with children, parents and teachers | |
6 primary schools are delivering "Language Towards Literacy" with infant classes | |
All 16 classes of infants are running Storytime sessions | |
250 pupils have received follow up oral language assessments | |
All 1st, 3rd and 6th class pupils completed writing and literacy attitudinal assessments in 2010 | |
In School Strand - Transitions | |
900 pupils have completed transitions programme between primary and secondary school | |
300 pupils are currently completing an in-class transitions programme over the full academic year | |
170 parents have attended workshops in transitions programme | |
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Teacher Training & Capacity Building | |
170 teachers have received training in the implementation of First Steps approach to literacy | |
170 teachers have received training in the teaching reading fluency using evidence-based methods demonstrated by Dr. Tim Shanahan | |
83 teachers attended training in teaching spelling in three after-school professional development sessions | |
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Family & Community Strand | |
107 parents attended story sacks programmes | |
94 parents from IY parent programme/community groups have attended book clubs | |
An average of 70 parents have attended each of 7 Breakfast Buddies sessions | |
250 children benefited from introduction to literacy in their Summer projects | |
Over 700 children received Big Dreams book about the importance of family's role in developing children's literacy | |
1700 children received Summer Slide literacy activity booklet | |
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Community Training & Capacity Building | |
2 community facilitators have been trained and 2 are in training, to deliver Story Sacks in their community groups | |
6 community workers currently training on integrating literacy into after-school programmes | |