At OBA we are proud of our offer of reading support and interventions for students who may struggle with reading and also those who could be stretch and challenged. Students are assessed twice yearly against national reading data, as well as being continually monitored and supported across their lessons in every subject. We understand that reading is fundamental to achieving academically as well as a vital life skill.
All teachers receive training and guidance to assist students during timetabled lessons, and the following interventions also take place for students across the academy.
These are our phonics-based interventions for KS3, and are for students who may need extra support reaching the expected reading level for Secondary school. Students work with small groups during English lessons with specialised teaching staff to practise reading at a sound and syllable level.
Advance is a vocabulary-based intervention for KS3 and 4 and is offered to students who have been identified as needing extra support with decoding language and difficult vocabulary. Advance runs in small groups of 4 and is for only 6 one-hour sessions across a half term and focuses on students understanding common prefixes and suffixes.
Vocabulous is a Y7 homework platform which teaches students the most common prefixes and suffixes in the English language. This prepares students for new vocabulary they will encounter across all subjects at KS3/4 and beyond.
Reading Plus is our Y8 and 9 homework platform which not only encourages students to read a range of texts from different genres but also improves student comprehension and reading speed in time for the challenges of GCSE.
If you have any queries or comments related to our reading interventions, please e-mail Miss Howard on [email protected]