It's our 1st Birthday! We're celebrating with a special prize draw (open to members + non-members).
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🎉3 years free membership!
🎉£200
@CollinsPrimary
resources voucher
🎉A set of brand new Little Wandle books (worth £334)
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We’re floating into February with a cracking competition we know you’re going to LOVE and it’s open to members and non-members alike!
@CollinsPrimary
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🧵We’re very sad to hear that the wonderful Sir Jim Rose has passed away.
Jim was determined to ensure all children in England got the best education in learning to read and it was a great privilege to have Jim’s thoughts during the development of Little Wandle 1/2
Little Wandle Spelling is a new spelling programme designed to provide a seamless link from the main Little Wandle Letters and Sounds programme to learning spelling in Year 2. Our Programme Developer
@charlotteraby
introduces the new programme on our blog - or follow the thread🧵
Why does Little Wandle say 'no' to actions? Well, it's not because we're killjoys, rather our thinking comes from Cognitive Load Theory. Our Programme Develope
@charlotteraby
explains more in this thread 🧵
We're delighted to be holding our first ever Little Wandle members conference on Wednesday 12th October
@CollinsPrimary
HQ in London. Our focus is Creating fluent readers - speakers confirmed so far include
@TeresaCremin
and Professor Kate Cain.
Tickets go on sale 7th September
We’re celebrating our first birthday with a cracker of a giveaway!
🎉1 set of new Little Wandle books worth £334
🎉🎉£200 to spend on
@CollinsPrimary
resources
🎉🎉🎉3 years of free membership for your school
☘️Hotfoot it to our pinned post to enter
🚨THREAD: We are over the moon to be announcing the launch of our Little Wandle Champion Schools!
Here's how members can get involved.
🏆Book a Little Wandle Live event to see best practice in action at a Champion School - booking links in the CPD area 1/2
It's FRI-YAY!
We couldn't be more proud to let you know that our SEND programme has WON in the
#SEND
category of the 2023
@TeachPrimary
awards!
@CollinsPrimary
What better way to celebrate than with our friends
@WillowDeneSch
who have played such a key role! 🥳🎉🎉
NEW: You asked for it, so of course we made it! Take a look at our Phase 3 grapheme information now live in the For Parents section of the website (in front of the paywall so you can share easily with families).
🤔 You've been asking....
"I'm worried that my Reception class hasn't secured Phase 3. Their assessments were really wobbly - what should I do? "
Follow this thread to find out what we recommend 🧵
☔️Members!
Have you seen our resources especially for parents?
Find handy downloads and videos in the For parents section which is public, so you can share this link directly with families! 👇🏽
Our reception children love our ever developing Little Wandle Phonic role play area
@LettersSounds
! We have had this since Septemeber and the children still love it! We even have some little teachers in the making! Watch and listen 😃
@ChildrenFirstLP
@LettersSounds
WE'RE CELEBRATING!
We've been shortlisted for TWO
@BettAwards
🎉SEND Resources, products and services
🎉Primary Digital Learning product: Language and Literacy
🤞🏼If you love what we do, please keep everything crossed for us 🧡
Our Deputy Programme Developer
@EyfsSp
has written a brand new blog Continuous provision: Why no letters in the water tray? in which she sets out the reasons why - outside of lessons - repeated practice is the best place for effective phonics learning. Read more on the thread 🧵
Little Wandle Spelling is a new spelling programme designed to provide a seamless link from the main Little Wandle Letters and Sounds programme to learning spelling in Year 2. Our Programme Developer
@charlotteraby
introduces the new programme on our blog - or follow the thread🧵
Members! Download a bookbag leaflet and use a presentation to introduce parents to the importance of reading aloud, along with top tips for doing it at home.
You can find it in the 'Downloads' section of 'Everybody Read'
We caught up with Alison and Rebecca at Champion School
@HurworthPrimary
to hear about their Little Wandle Magic Moment
👀Take a look! And if you've got a Magic Moment to share head to our pinned post and tell us all about it and you could win £150 to spend with
@CollinsPrimary
We know you're busy people so here's a one-minute summary to answer your key questions about Rapid Catch-up!
Why not also join our next 45-minute Rapid Catch-up 101 webinar on Monday 19th September?
Booking link in the Reading Leader area.
😍Teamwork makes the dream work so as you sprint/stagger (delete as applicable) towards half-term we want to know about your Little Wandle team!
🧁WIN a special staffroom treat courtesy of our friends
@CollinsPrimary
by telling us about your team and why they deserve it!
Incoming!
We've just added a whole Phase 2 lesson to the website. Find it in Weekly content on the Reception resources link.
BIG thanks to staff and pupils
@paxtonacademy
for helping us with this 🥰
Well that was a cracking start to the week!
18 of our Champion Schools joined us for the first ever Champion School conference. On the agenda
✅How can we make Little Wandle Live events even better?
✅Understanding all the September updates
✅Sharing stories and solutions
THREAD: Pleased to announce that Little Sutton and Wandle English Hubs are driving forward to complete the fully revised Letters and Sounds Programme initially commissioned by the Department for Education. /1
❓We've been asked: When should we start Rapid Catch-up?
🎄Don’t think about Rapid Catch-up for Year 2 until Christmas! If by Christmas you have children who are not secure in Phase 3, 4 or 5 do the Rapid Catch-up placement assessment and then teach the Rapid Catch-up programme
🙌 Whoop! Another award incoming!
We’re over the moon to have won the Award for Special Educational Resource or Equipment at
#ERA2024
@CollinsPrimary
for the Little Wandle
#SEND
programme, created with the help of special school members so that every child can learn to read
'The look of pure joy on both our faces when one of my new starters in Reception realised he could blend was just that Magic Moment'
👀Watch Reading Leaders Melissa
@paxtonacademy
and Abi
@Burleywoodheadp
describe their Little Wandle Magic Moments of the school year!
Huge congratulations! A fabulous choice for the brilliant
@CressidaCowell
to hand the baton over to 🤩
Joseph Coelho chosen as Britain’s new children’s laureate
Members! Apologies for the Weekly Wandle no show this morning, but we have a good reason!
We've been putting the finishing touches to new guidance on Year 2 teaching based on different levels of phonic knowledge, which we wanted to include!
Look out for it in the morning
Members! You asked, so of course, we delivered! 🤩
📽️We’ve added a brand new Phase 4 whole lesson to Reception and Year 1 How to videos - just head to Programme content and resources to take a look 👀
'My Magic Moment has been watching a child who is non-verbal being able to progress through Phase 2 and able to show us she can blend to read despite being non-verbal'
👀Watch more from Kelly
@WillowDeneSch
on teaching every child to read with our
#SEND
programme!
Members, the wonderful Professor
@TeresaCremin
has created a series of useful articles and downloadable resources to support the development of a Reading for Pleasure culture in Little Wandle schools.
Just head to the Research and blogs section of Everybody read!, and enjoy!
Introducing Little Wandle Fluency! Our Programme Developer
@charlotteraby
takes you through 10 things you need to know about our new programme that will be in members' My Letters and Sounds account area from September. Follow the thread or head to the Year 2 area of our blog 🧵
Little Wandle Spelling is a new programme designed to provide a seamless link from the main Little Wandle Letters and Sounds programme to learning spelling in Y2. Head to our blog to take a look - now updated to include our Progression overview and our term-by-term Progression.
🤔 Did you know......?
Brand new Tricky word cards for Phases 2 to 5 are ready for you to download in the Daily Keep-up Resources section of Weekly lesson content. Make sure you click on the Group materials tab!
We use our Little Wandle lanyards in EYFS and KS1 to practise our graphemes. We add a new grapheme each time we learn one. The children get lots of repeated practice throughout the day!
@LettersSounds
#phonics
#practice
🤩
Fancy spending a half-day with a Little Wandle Champion School to see best practice in action and have all your burning questions about how to implement the programme answered?
We've got you!
Book your free, Little Wandle Live event in the CPD section of the website!
👀🙌 SHOW US YOUR BOOK CORNER!
For the next two weeks we’re inviting members to fill our timeline with fantastic photos of your book corners/nooks/spaces. Whatever you call it we want to see it!
Tell us how you created it, why children love it and any other special facts 1/2
NEW DATE ADDED
You asked for it, so of course we organised it!
We've added a second Rapid Catch-up 101 webinar on Monday 19th September (in addition to our session on Wednesday 7th September).
Find the booking link in the Weekly content and Reading Leader areas
Calling all Little Wandle Reading Leaders!
Join us for an invaluable networking session on either 5th or 9th December and get the opportunity to connect with other Reading Leaders, share ideas and pick up tips.
Head to the Reading Leader webinars page in the CPD area to book.