Build literacy confidence with tailored English support

What we cover

Every programme is personalised. These are the areas sessions usually cover.

Reading and comprehension

Sessions build fluent reading and the habit of explaining what a text is doing.

Retrieval, inference and explanation with fiction and non-fiction
Vocabulary taken from the text, not from a disconnected list
A clear way to approach comprehension questions
Practice that builds confidence for classwork and assessments

Writing

Children plan, draft and improve writing for real purposes, not only for a checklist.

Sentence control, paragraphs and writing that holds together
Creative and factual writing matched to school tasks
Planning frames that make a blank page less daunting
Editing for clarity, grammar and effect

Spelling, punctuation and grammar

SPaG is taught so children can use it in their own writing, not only name the terms.

Grammar through examples and short practice
Punctuation that changes meaning, not only marks on a page
Spelling patterns and the words that do not follow them
Chances to apply the skill in a piece of writing