Fresh Start
FRESH START
Fresh Start is a systematic synthetic phonic programme for struggling readers. The programme mirrors the DfE’s 2023 Reading Framework.
Aims of Fresh Start:
- To accelerate students’ reading accuracy
- To develop students’ reading fluency and stamina
- To support students’ vocabulary and comprehension skills
At Meden, the Fresh Start phonics intervention is used to support students in KS3 who have been identified as being in the bottom 20% of readers across the key stage.
How does Fresh Start work at Meden?
Students are taught for 30 minutes each day throughout the programme.
Students starting later in the programme only need a few weeks’ tutoring; those starting at the beginning need two or three terms.
To ensure the most struggling readers make speedy progress, they are taught individually for the first 13 Modules. They then move to working in small progress groups
Within each lesson, students will cover phonics sounds they are not secure in, vocabulary teaching, fluency competency and comprehension.