About this project
The KS4 Reading Fluency Project is designed to swiftly improve reading fluency and comprehension of those students who are working below the expected standard in reading. The project strategies, which have been trialled extensively at KS4, have had a powerful effect on reading ability for the vast majority of students, in turn supporting them to develop more positive views about reading. This project seeks to establish best practice development of Reading Fluency support in KS4.
Over the eight-week period, target students in KS4 receive two 25/30 minutes teacher-led sessions each week. Using the key strategies of modelled expert reading and echo reading, alongside engaging text selection, students in KS4 have been shown to make dramatic progress across an eight-week intervention period. At KS4, students made on average 2 years and 8 months progress during the intervention period and have a more positive relationship with reading; are more enthusiastic, confident readers with an increased understanding and engagement with texts.
This project incorporates a range of high-quality CPD elements, including:
• Reading Fluency Online Training Day (Wednesday 23rd April 2025 9-3pm) incorporating three sessions:
Session 1 is independent time from 9 -11am to read and view pre-recorded content – available to be accessed from induction day onwards
Sessions 2 and 3 will be delivered as live webinars on Wednesday 23rd April 2025
• Reading Fluency Early Project Twilight Webinar (Thursday 15th May 2025 4-5.30pm)
• Early Project Coaching via online Session (appointments between w/b 7th May – 15th May 2025)
• Reading Fluency Final Project Twilight Webinar (Wednesday 16th July 2025 4-5.30pm)
In addition, schools will be supplied with assessment materials, which will support in judging the impact of the project. The English HFL Education team will mark and analyse the assessment materials, providing the pre-intervention data outcomes at the school visit and the post-intervention data outcomes at the final review.
The project cost covers the inclusion of one teacher (who will deliver the sessions) and a project lead (this may be the English subject leader)
There is an additional charge, per student, if you wish to have more students’ data analysed.
Additional places for teachers may be purchased by contacting reading.fluency@hfleducation.org
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- Event Type: Training: Webinar