Case Study
Realising a reading vision in under a year
Find out more renlearn.co.uk/partofthestory Realising a reading vision in under a year Last year, our KS2 SATs results were lower than we would expect; as a result, I spoke with colleagues in the area to find out their reading approaches. I came across Accelerated Reader, implemented it in Years 2-6, and found that it perfectly fit my vision of what reading should be. We found the implementation very straightforward. The tech side of things, and getting children started, all happens very easily. The only significant task was the labelling of books, which is a frontloaded large task. Once it’s done it’s done however, and we only need to make updates for new books we bring in. We dedicate about half an hour each day to reading. There are 6 laptops in each classroom. When a child f