On the road to recovery

Christ the Redeemer Primary School, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Christ the Redeemer School have been using Renaissance solutions for over a decade. In the midst of a global pandemic with schools across Northern Ireland being forced to partially close their doors to pupils, the school continue to maintain high levels of reading engagement and staff have managed to avoid seeing too big of a drop in learning based on recent assessment data. The school even faced an inspection at the halfway point of the pandemic and were still able to produce an accurate and detailed analysis of their pupils' progress and subsequent teaching strategies to support those who had dropped off in both reading and mathematics.

Talking Points: Assessment, Attainment, Celebration, Comprehension, Data, Data Review, Incentives, Independent Reading, Intervention, Motivation, Parents, Progress, Progress Monitoring, Pupil Progress, Reading Age, Reading At Home, Reading Culture, Reading for Pleasure, Staff Engagement, Staff Workload, Student Engagement, Target Setting, Whole-School Literacy

Why Choose Star Maths

St Comgalls Primary School, County Antrim

Renaissance Learning's Curriculum and Education Specialist, Margaret Allen, speaks to Teacher and  School Improvement Leader Catherine Magee.

Talking Points: Assessment, Data Review, Intervention, Motivation, Parents, Progress Monitoring, Pupil Progress, Staff Workload, Student Engagement, Target Setting

The “major impact” of Accelerated Maths at Belfast primary school

Christ the Redeemer Primary School, Lagmore

Christ the Redeemer Primary School in Lagmore, West Belfast, introduced Accelerated Maths back in 2012 after the success of Accelerated Reader. In this longer read, the maths department at the school shares the school’s experience with Accelerated Maths and what they plan on doing with it in the future.

Talking Points: Assessment, Data, Motivation, Parents, Progress Monitoring, Staff Workload, Student Engagement, Summer Slide

Happy teachers and happy students!

Acorn Integrated Nursery & Primary School, Carrickfergus

Athena Davis, the Literacy Coordinator at Acorn Integrated Nursery & Primary School, describes how the features of Accelerated Reader and Star Reading help their teachers, give children better learning experiences.

Talking Points: Assessment, Incentives, Motivation, Pupil Progress

Establishing a reading culture using literacy data

Faughanvale Primary School, Faughanvale, County Londonderry

Faughanvale Primary School have seen huge improvement in reading engagement, and are using literacy data to inform their school planning in a range of creative ways.

Talking Points: Intervention, Motivation, Non-Fiction, Reading Culture, Reading for Pleasure, Target Setting

‘Renaissance Accelerated Reader is the most motivational reading programme I have seen in almost 30 years of teaching’

St Joseph's Primary School, County Armagh

St Joseph's Primary School, based in Armagh, have witnessed extraordinary progress and unprecedented engagement with reading. Paud Loughran, Principal, outlines how the programme has complimented the school's outlook on reading, and shares how the school motivates their children to read.

Talking Points: Incentives, Motivation, Progress Monitoring, Reading Culture, Reading for Pleasure, Student Engagement

Developing reading comprehension and engagement at County Antrim primary school

Christ the Redeemer Primary School, Belfast, County Antrim

Talking Points: Data Review, Personalised Practice, Reading Comprehension, Reading for Pleasure, Student Engagement

‘A great buzz around books’ at Northern Ireland primary school

Millquarter Primary School, Toombridge, County Antrim

Talking Points: Intervention, Library Use, Motivation, Reading Culture, Reading for Pleasure, Student Engagement

‘A tremendous success’: AR leads to increased enjoyment of reading and a strong reading culture at Northern Ireland primary school

St. Peter's Primary School, Collegeland, N. Ireland

St. Peter's Primary has been using AR since June 2014. Principal Jim McAlinden observes a thriving Reading Culture as a result.

Talking Points: Assessment, Progress Monitoring, Reading Culture, Reading for Pleasure, Student Engagement

“Positive impact” for AR at Co. Londonderry primary school

Ballykelly Primary School, Northern Ireland

Accelerated Reader was introduced as part of a new literacy strategy in the 2012/13 academic year. Standards have improved since, and students are increasingly enthusiastic about reading.

Talking Points: Data Review, Intervention, Motivators, Progress Monitoring