Use of appropriate assessments to identify strengths and areas of need to target intervention at an early stage.

Please refer to the assessment section of this document for a wide range of assessments.

In the co-production of this document, Senco suggested interventions and approaches below:

• Small group targeted ‘basic skills’ work to supplement and repeat some whole class learning (e.g., phonics, fine motor groups).

• Resources to support literacy skills for individuals/small groups (e.g., reading/spelling squares, recording software – iPads, sound buttons).

• Tools such as Cognition Matters (writing skills), Elklan’s Early Language Builders and Language Builder books to support language for literacy may be helpful for individuals/small groups.

• Peer support (e.g. Year 2 teaching younger children). Pair up lower attaining children to read with younger peers in the school.

Access to technology and interventions such as:

• Nessy;

• Clicker 8;

• Spelling Shed;

• IDL Literacy;

• Accelerated Reader;

• Project X CODE;

• Reading Recovery;

• Reading Wise;

• Immersive Reader;

• Magic Belt series;

• Speed up;

• Fresh Start;

• Write from the start;

• Funky fingers;

• Clever fingers;

• Finger gym;

• Pegs to Paper (nexus);

• Literacy Shed.

Online learning software that the child can access without adult support, e.g. IDL,Dyslexia Gold.