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Using BoomReader and BoomWriter to support best practice and impact in reading and writing
This session will look at how Boomreader and the data dashboard can be used to support elements of both the Reading Framework and in an OFSTED Early Reading foci. It will also provide top tips on such things as assessing and developing reading fluency and supporting children in comprehension.
The Boomwriter element will look at audience and purpose which is now a key area for end of KS2 assessment and developing authorial skills.
Presenter
Mark Smith is the LA literacy lead in Wolverhampton and has worked in schools and trusts across the West Midlands and also advised on multiple international projects. The results speak for themselves with Woverhampton being consistently above national in end of KS2 reading and writing for the past 3 years despite it being in the highest 10% of Local Authorities in terms of deprivation.
