This is for Leicestershire LA schools and academies only
If you are an independent school and wish to access this training please contact LSSCoreOffer@leics.gov.uk.
Top Triangle Reading Intervention (TTRI) is aimed at individual children and students who by KS2/3/4 have not learnt to read effectively despite access to well -founded intervention such as structured synthetic phonics.
Repeated failure over time may well have led to disengagement from reading or any positive feelings towards reading or learning to read.
Motivation and success, relevance and the learner, and self-esteem for learning are at the centre of the Top Triangle Reading Intervention.
It is designed to be delivered 1:1 by trained teachers, SENCOs, and learning support staff . The approach allows for mental space so the learner has the opportunity to lower defences they may have built up around reading failure, and to learn in a relaxed, calm, and non-judgemental environment.
Phonological awareness is linked to phonics and polysyllabic words when appropriate , morphological awareness is linked to word parts and meaning, both through word building. Multi-sensory methods, over learning, consolidation and fluency, and ways to transfer learning back to the classroom are built in to the intervention.
Ideally, sessions take place two or three times weekly, for 20 to 30minutes. Class teachers/tutors need to be supportive of independent over learning outside of the intervention sessions.
A pilot conducted over 21/22 and 22/23 with 11 upper KS2 children over 5 primary schools has seen some modest to remarkable accelerated progress within all areas of reading, and many very positive qualitative responses which we share during training.
We look forward to working with you.
Charlie and Thea
Specialist Advisory Teachers
The Learning Support Team - Leicestershire's Specialist Teaching Service
