Hertfordshire Primary National Strategy – Wave 3 - LITERACY
Hertfordshire recommends the following evidenced-based Wave 3 Literacy Programmes*
Research based Description Reading Writing Multi-
Schemes sensory
approach
Word Level Sentnce Text Accurac Compre- Word Sentenc Text
Level Level y hension ** Level e Level
** Level
Age Delivered PA Ph HF
group by/Time * *
**Paired Reading Parent,
(www.Dundee.ac.uk All ages volunteer or
/psychology/TRWre pupil.
sources) Varying
durations –
approx 9 weeks
**Acceleread/ Yrs 3-9 TA with
Accelewrite individual child
(ICT scheme) 20 mins a day
(www.dyslexic.com) for 4 weeks
**Cued Spelling All ages Paired spelling –
(www.Dundee.ac.uk 3x15 mins a
/psychology/TRWre week – 16 wks
sources)
Paired Writing R – Yr6 Pairs of children
(as above) tutor each other
6-8 weeks
**Catch-up Project KS 2 & 3 Teacher 10-15
(www.thecatchuppr mins 1 to 1
oject.org) 10 mths
**Fischer Family KS1 TA daily 15-20
Trust KS1 Wave 3 min for up to 22
(on-going training weeks
for schools in Herts)
(@)Herts KS2 KS2 TA daily 15
Wave 3 intervention minutes
programme
**All above schemes (marked **) are research/evidence based capable of doubling the rate of progress (2 months progress per month of
intervention) – see Greg Brooks` study What Works for Children with Literacy Difficulties DfES Research Report 380.
Also see Leading on Inclusion DfES publication for more information on these and interventions for other types of need/learning
(www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/publications/inclusion/1146355/ ).
(@)The Herts KS2 Wave 3 intervention programme is currently being developed and it is hoped that this will be available through training in
Spring Term 07 onwards.
PA = phonological awareness Ph = Phonics HF = high frequency words