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Help your children become confident readers for the Phonics Screening Check

March 18, 2024December 4, 2024Oxford Primary
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A round-up of key Read Write Inc. Phonics resources available to you to support your children for the Phonics Screening Check preparations, perfect for extra practice both in the classroom and at home.

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Why is everyone talking about fluency? 

January 25, 2024December 4, 2024Oxford Primary
Why is everyone talking about fluency? First blog in the Fluency series

Explore reading fluency and its role in fostering independent fluent readers post-phonics in the first installment of our Fluency series. 📖💡 Including teacher tips and recommended Oxford Primary resources to support reading fluency.

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Getting started with ELS Progress: Phonics catch-up programme

October 16, 2023October 23, 2023Oxford Primary
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The ELS Progress pack provides catch-up support using the consistency and rigour of the ELS teaching programme alongside reading books which are aligned to ELS, and pitched at the right level for children who are finding reading slightly harder.

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DfE Reading Framework: 7 key take-aways for schools

July 20, 2023November 2, 2023Oxford Primary 1 Comment
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Not got time to read the DfE’s new Reading Framework? We’ve done it for you! In this blog Andrea Quincey, Director of Primary Literacy digests the framework and suggests 7 key take-aways for schools to consider to ensure that reading for pleasure isn’t left to chance.

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Classroom strategies to support struggling readers

March 14, 2023April 26, 2023Oxford English Team
Support struggling readers

Alice Visser shares important strategies that secondary English teachers can implement in their classrooms to support struggling readers, with tips to improve reading ability and outcomes in secondary schools.

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4 great reasons to try Read Write Inc. Fresh Start

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022Oxford Primary
Read Write Inc. Fresh Start

Fresh Start is a catch-up and intervention programme for 9- to 13-year-olds who are struggling to learn how to read.
Here are four reasons to try Fresh Start in your primary or secondary school.

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Moving to a DfE-validated Systematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP) Programme

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021Oxford Primary

What is the guidance around Letters and Sounds? The DfE have recently announced that the 2007 Letters and Sounds Handbook is not a full Systematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP) programme. It does not provide the support, guidance, resources or training needed to meet the requirements of a systematic and rigorous approach to the teaching of phonics. […]

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How Oxford’s validated phonics programmes teach and support young readers

July 16, 2021July 16, 2021Oxford Primary

Find out how our DfE-validated phonics programmes support you and your school with ensuring every child learns to read, and loves to read.

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Books to keep up reading over the summer

July 9, 2021July 9, 2021Oxford Primary 1 Comment
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We’ve gathered together a selection of summer reading recommendations to keep children of all ages reading for pleasure throughout the holidays. You’ll also find lots of top tips to share with parents to support them with helping their children to establish a reading habit that lasts well beyond the summer.  Picture books  Stella and the […]

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What makes an effective phonics programme and how is it validated?

June 30, 2021September 30, 2021Oxford Primary

What does it really mean when we talk about a ‘phonics programme’ and what should yours consist of? We’re here to help you break down the key elements and how programmes are being validated by the DfE.

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