Easyread at The Cherwell School: a heart-warming end-of-term celebration lunch

It was a great way to end the autumn term at The Cherwell School in Oxford, as we celebrated what was the end of implementing a huge systemic change in their approach to literacy intervention.

Following a successful pilot trial with 8 students last academic year, The Cherwell are now employing the Easyread programme as their main intervention for struggling readers and writers at key stage 3. Over this year and next, over 80 students will participate in the scheme, with the impact on reading and spelling ages being measured and evaluated along the way.

It was amazing to be able to end 2014 hearing such positive stories as the first wave of students started to get to the heart of level 2. Most were approaching around lesson 35 by the end of term and so were just starting to see some of the exciting changes that usually occur in their literacy at this stage of the programme.

The Year 7 students in particular, as you might expect, have really taken to the programme with one student asking for Easyread homework! Whilst we expected them to enjoy it, we never dreamed of this level of enthusiasm and dedication!

One student in Year 8, who has reached the top level of the reading assessor already, has noticed for himself the difference it is making to his spellings in class. Teachers have also commented on the noticeable improvement in his confidence and approach to lessons over the last couple of months, feeling he has more faith in his own abilities to succeed.

The overall feedback, even this early on, was that students who have struggled with reading for nearly their entire school lives were starting to see that there is a way that they can learn to read and spell, and that they aren’t just ‘stupid’ after all.

We are very much looking forward to what spring brings!

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Rachel Wallace is a former English teacher and KS3/4 Leader, and current Literacy Specialist for the Easyread System. Easyread is an online intervention for children with reading difficulties, dyslexia, auditory processing problems and more. www.easyreadsystem.com

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Cheryle Barnett on 13th August 2015 at 12:23 am

I work with 17 to 40 year old males. Will this program be beneficial to this group?

Sarah Forrest on 13th August 2015 at 9:39 am

Hi Cheryle – Great question! We’ve had a few adult learners go through the system with great success. However, the content is directed towards younger learners so it is not always the ideal match. – Sarah
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Cheryle Barnett on 13th August 2015 at 12:23 am

I work with 17 to 40 year old males. Will this program be beneficial to this group?
- Sarah Forrest on 13th August 2015 at 9:39 am
  
  Hi Cheryle – Great question! We’ve had a few adult learners go through the system with great success. However, the content is directed towards younger learners so it is not always the ideal match. – Sarah

Kelly Thoresen Isselhardt

2021-12-24

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As a parent working through the 20/21 school year in distance learning with 3 elementary kids, there were at least some positive upsides. For example, my daughter Laine’s (2nd grade, 8 years old at start) reading ability (when she is such a bright, exuberant, creative, SMART kid) kept me up at night. Something was not connecting. No amount of pressure or more reading was making up for the missing pieces in her ability to read. I was literally awake in the middle of the night, by chance watching Dr. Morgan’s Facebook ad and knew he was talking about my daughter. I started crying and felt I had been given such a gift. By morning in February 2021 she was signed up and on her way to decoding and cracking her reading struggles. It’s not been easy all the time, we have struggled through some lessons with tears and frustration. BUT today, Laine passed her 223 lesson, earned her helicopter (the code words/spy prizes have been a great motivator), and has gone from a 1.5 grade reading level to reading at a 5th grade level with limited assistance in only 10 months. I am so grateful for the Easyread program. Their attention to detail, one on one phone calls and Zoom meet ups, quick response time to questions, and consideration for my kid’s development has made us feel cared for each step of the way. If you have looked into the Easyread program and David’s description of your child’s reading journey hits home, run don’t walk to sign up. It has been one of our favorite blessings of this crazy year and I shout it’s praises to anyone who has a struggling reader.

Laura Stoker

2021-12-21

I was really skeptical about this for my 8 year old, how can 15 minutes a day and video, and games work? He struggled with blending and decoding. He know can use the trainer texts faster then I can figure out the word myself to see if he is correct. The system moves as he needs and the personal support is amazing.

Sara Cunningham-Neuff

What a fantastic programme! Our 8 yr old made such rapid progress I began to doubt myself whether she had had issues in the first place! When we looked at the video recording made at the beginning of the programme, her progress was remarkable within just a few weeks. She asks to do the session every day and complains if I don't have time - a massive difference from a child who used to invent the most incredible excuses to avoid reading before this. She now reads books in her own time and is even starting to get her head around spelling - all in less than 2 months. The personalised support from the Easyread facilitators is much better than I expected from an online course and the prizes are great too! Thank you Easyread!

Jared Amanda Stone

Our daughter has loved the Easyread program. She thinks she is just playing fun games on the computer but she's actually improving her reading and spelling skills. Her Spelling grades have improved from 50% to 90% in only a few months. Thank you Easyread for an amazing program! I would highly recommend your program for any children struggling to read and spell.

Carly Banks

2021-12-14

Wow, this program works! My 9-year old became a more fluent reader within weeks of starting, and she really enjoyed doing the assignments (structured like fun games) every day! She never complained about it once, even 2 months in she was excited to decode the words and play the games in Easyread. And she has so much more confidence now. Thank you Easyread!

Easyread at The Cherwell School: a heart-warming end-of-term celebration lunch

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