[senco-forum] Catch up for High schools

As a matter of interest - is this of any more use than the

This term I did a course in 'Secondary Catch-Up'.

Very excellent, aimed mainly act kids working at level 1 or
2.

It uses whatever books you already have in school. You just
look them up on the catch up website to find out which
'catch up level' they are.

It's certainly worth looking at. Especially when our LA gave
me an my colleague (or should that be my colleague and I?)
free training in it!

Hope this helps

Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: WrayJanice Wray <jwwray14 at hotmail.com>
To: KEVIN HEALY <kevinhealy at btinternet.com>,
<senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
Subject: RE: [senco-forum] Catch up for High schools
Date: 09-Dec-2006 09:56:54 GMT

> As a matter of interest - is this of any more use than the
> 'Progress Units' we used a few years back - and still use
> some of it - which were free from the DfES ? We used them
> in school for Year 7s who were working below level 4 and
> had 2 groups of 6 for 2 sessions each week - about 30 mins
> - and they could have been delivered by a TA easily enough
> - we used 2 teachers. JAnice :)Janice WraySecondary SENCO,
> Herts
> 
> 
> 
> > Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 19:06:15 +0000> From:
> kevinhealy at btinternet.com> To:
> senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk> Subject: [senco-forum]
> Catch up for High schools> > Dear all, > through a member
> of my department I have been commanded to a meeting with
> our KS3 English co-ordinator and various others, re- the
> secondary Catch up programme from Caxton Press in
> Thetford. I feel I am being railroaded and before I commit
> staff time and money to a projected experiment, I need
> some information.> 1. The Secondary programme from Caxton
> Press has been triallled in 5 LEA's, I can only find
> Derbyshire.> 2. What does the training and the materials
> actually cost ? From the glossy brochure the training is
> £250, minimum £2,500 per school, so that is 10 people
or
> am I reading it wrong ?> 3. Who has used this in their
> school and which students make the spectacular gains
> claimed, what is their comprehension gain ?> 4. So when
> they spend 2 x 15 minutes with an LSA twice a week, what
> happens to the very skilled teachers of reading who
>  also do the whole holistic approach, as apparently this
> programme will work with kids at Key stages 1, 2 and lower
> 3 in a high school. What I want to know is there any high
> school who has used it for students between IQ's 50 and 70
> , who can read but never comprehend.> 5. If you are
> successfully using it for all your students can I please
> come and see the scheme in action and talk to you about
> the impact it has on all ranges of ability.> Thanks I know
> you will all help us if you can> Sue> > .
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