Headteacher Update Webinar: Ideas to help pupils become skilled and confident readers.
From 4pm to 5pm on Tuesday, June 4. Click here to register for free.
The Department for Education’s Reading Framework reminds us that a child who struggles with reading will struggle to fully access the curriculum or develop essential communication skills.
And we know from previous OECD research (2011) that reading for pleasure is the biggest indicator of a child's educational success, more so than their parent's socio-economic status.
However, research conducted by Renaissance and GL Assessment for their Turning the page report , published in April, revealed that 84% of teachers admit to sometimes feeling at a loss as to how to help struggling readers.
Teachers involved in the research also estimate that a third of their pupils are weak readers, with a quarter of these children regularly being taken out of lessons to improve their reading – missing an average of 2.5 hours of curriculum time a week (adding up to 16 days a year).
In light of these findings, this webinar brings together experienced primary and secondary educators as well as experts from the National Literacy Trust and Renaissance to offer practical “lessons learned” for how teachers and schools can close the reading gap.
The full line-up for the webinar will be published soon and on the day we will tackle some key questions:
- What are the key findings in the Turning the page report and their implications for primary and secondary schools?
- What are the key principles of an effective reading strategy at primary and secondary level? What does a good school reading policy contain?
- What are the signs to look out for that tell us a pupil is a weak or struggling reader – at both primary and secondary level?
- How can we best assess pupils’ reading skills?
- Once we know a pupil is struggling, what are the principles of effective intervention to teach reading skills from a whole-school perspective?
- How can classroom teachers make a difference (ideas and approaches to develop reading skills)?
- What are the differences when it comes to teaching reading skills and inspiring reading for pleasure? How can we encourage pupils to want to read for pleasure?
- How can schools best implement and use the DfE’s Reading Framework?
- Question & answer from the audience: We will leave time for questions at the end of the webinar
Our webinar partners
GL Assessment – part of Renaissance – is a leading provider of formative assessments to schools and school groups in the UK and in more than 100 countries worldwide. It provides assessments that help to reveal students’ potential, track their progress, and identify any barriers to learning they might have.
As a global leader in education technology, Renaissance is committed to providing schools and school groups with insights and resources to accelerate learning and help all students build a strong foundation for success.
Its assessments (which now include those from GL Assessment) offer the ideal starting point to help schools understand their students’ strengths, pinpoint areas of need, and put targeted measures in place. Meanwhile, its teaching and learning programmes and personalised practice solutions provide effective next steps to drive better student outcomes. Visit www.gl-assessment.co.uk
GL Assessment/Renaissance products include:
- New Group Reading Test: A standardised, adaptive, termly assessment to measure reading skills against the national average and identify where intervention may be needed.
- myON: A cross-curricular teaching and learning tool which helps students acquire the essential skills to become fluent readers.
- Star Reading: Allows teachers to identify learning gaps in reading, monitor progress and inform practice activities.
- Accelerated Reader: A powerful tool for monitoring and managing independent reading practice, motivating students to read for pleasure.