A US educationist claims to
have the answer
to failing schools - and it lies in literacy
"The reason we use it, is because it accelerates learning," says
Salewski. "If you are teaching something to someone else, you
have to have understood it first. And it develops their
language. "It also gives them life skills. They are going to
have to get on with all sorts of people."
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the full article The Independent June 2008
'It is difficult to improve
writing,
so to improve it so significantly is
amazing'
"Adelaide Primary School, in Walker Street, west Hull, is
the 50th most improved primary nationwide. The scores are based
on the level four tests taken at age 11."
"The scheme has taken off since it began four years ago and
the staff and children really
enjoy it."
View the full article Hull Daily Mail December 2005
Results soar as school signs
on to
SFA
"Pupils have been taking part in Success For All sessions
since 2001, when just 40 per cent of children aged seven were
gaining the expected level 2 or above in their Key Stage 1
tests. This year, 100 per cent of pupils gained level 2 or
above."
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the full article Yorkshire Evening Post July 2004
A new way with reading
"the percentage of boys achieving level 4 in English rose
from 41 last year to 86 this year."
"Every lesson is planned to have a fast pace and frequent
change of activity. As the scheme's fans point out, this leaves
teachers free to concentrate on lesson delivery."
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TES December 2001
'Success for
All' a real achievement
"Staff at Biggin Hill Primary School give the "thumb's
up" to the Success For All scheme." "This
programme is the best thing since sliced bread... The children
love it. The staff are motivated through seeing the success the
children are having."
"Success For All is a highly effective and well-researched
programme which has achieved dramatic gains in pupils' reading"
View
the full article Hull Daily Mail March 2001
'We have a school we can be
proud of'
"When we first started the scheme there were over 70 pupils
in the less able reading groups, this has reduced to less than
35," she added.
Following the school's success at implementing the
SFA scheme, they have welcomed visitors from Leicester,
Liverpool and Hull to see how it works."
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Setting 'best'
for literacy
"Primary pupils should be grouped by ability and tested
every eight weeks to ensure they are keeping up with the rest of
the group"
"If you try to meet the needs of a wide range, you won't
hit anybody's spot. But if the children are at the same level,
they can all participate fully. There are very few behaviour
problems - it's not rocket science."
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TES June 2006
Success all
round
"The SFA (Success for All) reading programme, which was
implemented four years ago, continues to give Adelaide's
children a superb grounding in all aspects of phonics,
comprehension, discussion and writing."
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Hull Daily Mail December 2005
Head has secret of success
with
boys
"At Duncombe primary in Islington, 62 per cent of boys and
58 per cent of girls achieved the target of level 4 or above in
English."
"It really does seem to work," said Mr O'Shea.
"All children are grouped for literacy lessons according to
ability, regardless of age. They are assessed every eight weeks
so no one is put in a group and left there all year."
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TES December 2001
Understanding... by teaching others
"The results speak for themselves SFA children perform
approximately three months ahead of comparable year groups by
the end of Year One, and more than 12 months by Year Five."
"Research shows that streaming means children become
confident in their group. They are not having to keep up with
their peers. They can do the work, which means a lot to
them."
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Leeds Learning Partnership Sept 2001
It's a sign of the
times
"Our staff had been working so hard and putting so much
effort in we felt we were doing as much as we could with our
traditional methods and needed to try something different."
"I was sold on it straightaway because I saw a school with
children just like mine succeeding at a much higher level."
View
the full article Hull Daily Mail July 2000
POWER PUPILS.
One year's progress...
in a term
"Children were learning how to problem solve and work in
groups and were able to transfer these skills to other
curriculum areas."
"children most behind in their reading had advanced the
quickest - some making as much as four terms' progress in just
14 weeks."
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