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Raising attainment in literacy
Issue 115 - May 2010
Newsletter - Articles

Recent guidance on narrowing the gaps in literacy attainment for vulnerable pupils provides a useful guide to successful practice. SENCO Update reviews the essential points
Layered approach to providing support
Issue 112 - Feb 2010
Newsletter

The layered approach recommended for the Every Child a Reader project in Key Stage 1 offers SENCOs a template for providing support for pupils with literacy problems
Review shows impact of specialist teaching on dyslexia
Issue 109 - Oct 2009
Newsletter

A study stresses the success of intensive phonologically based interventions for pupils with dyslexia
Study shows benefits of specialist teaching for pupils with Dyslexia/SpLD
Issue 108 - Sept 2009
Newsletter

Government action on teaching children and young people with dyslexia and literacy difficulties (reported in SENCO Update July/August) responded not only to Sir Jim Rose's report but also to the final report of the Dyslexia-SpLD Trust's 'No to Failure' project
Multisensory maths for teaching SEN
Issue 100 - Nov 2008
Newsletter

It is important to allow multisensory maths to be taught to children with special educational needs (SEN) for as long as they need, argues Jane Kendall. Here she offers some practical suggestions for how
Hear hear, Shakespeare!
Issue 98 - Sept 2008
Newsletter

When audio technology dominates today’s youth culture, education consultant Bernadine O’Connell asks why not exploit the audio route to learning wherever possible?