Marland Hill Community Primary School
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Number and Phonics Count
Phonics Count
Phonics Counts is Edge Hill University’s innovative new reading intervention based on systematic synthetic phonics.
It is delivered by a specially trained teacher (Mrs Carroll) in collaboration with a teaching assistant to children in Years 1 to 3 who have the greatest difficulties with reading. It helps them to get back on track with phonic skills and a love of reading.
The Phonics Counts teacher uses their specialist knowledge to support colleagues and parents, raising reading and literacy standards in all classes throughout the school.
Mrs Carroll teaches children for half an hour, three days a week, individually or in pairs. A teaching assistant delivers follow up sessions for the rest of the week if needed.
Mrs Carroll uses a detailed diagnostic assessment to plan a programme tailored to each child’s needs. Rigorous, lively and stimulating lessons focus on phonic knowledge, comprehension and vocabulary development, ensuring that children have the skills and motivation to enjoy success at reading.
The teacher liaises with the children’s parents and class teacher, helping everyone to work together to support the children’s reading
See more at: https://readingsupport.edgehill.ac.uk/rs-for-schools/phonics-counts/#sthash.u5IQh73i.dpuf
Numbers Count
The Numbers Count programme is a mathematics intervention where support is given by a specialist teacher to children who have the greatest difficulties in number application. These children are taught the skill of applying number knowledge in order to get back on track and develop confidence in Mathematics.
The Numbers Count teacher teaches children for half an hour, three to four days per week, using detailed diagnostic assessment to plan a programme which is tailored to each child’s needs.
Rigorous, lively and stimulating lessons focus on building on mathematical knowledge, developing independent strategies and vocabulary, ensuring that children have the skills and motivation to enjoy success at mathematics.
Each session ensures that children have the opportunity to repeatedly practice number knowledge and skills before learning to apply them. Each day will begin with a review of a familiar strategy, followed by developing or applying a new concept. The following day children will review their previous learning and will work on this until it is secure.