Sioned J and Iolen J presentation covering the schools pilot Agored units with students that need additional support at the North Wales IL Best Practice Event

1. WELSH INFORMATION
LITERACY PROJECT
YSGOL UWCHRADD CAERGYBI

2. WORKING WITH YEAR 7
 We introduced the scheme to a selected group of year 7 children that
were chosen following a reading test sat in September 2012.
 The children were allowed to choose their own topics to research.
 They worked with myself filling in the evidence booklet and with the
school librarian when researching the topic.
• They worked in pairs on their presentation, even though they might have
had different topics.

3. TOPICS
 Some of the topics researched by the pupils were…
 Music Genres
 History of Manchester United Football Club
 Teaching children to swim
 Horse-riding techniques.
 Working with animals
 Football Skills
 Presidents of the USA
 Fossils
 Famous Artists
 World War 2 Tanks
 Space and the Universe
 Different wolf breeds

4. READING STRATEGIES
 As well as the search strategies encouraged by the Information Literacy
project, we as a school are encouraging children to use specific reading
strategies.
 Questioning
 Scanning
 Skimming
 Reading Backwards and Forwards
 Close Reading
 Predicting
 Empathising
 Visualising
 Inferring

5. SPELLING
The information Literacy Topics have helped the pupils encounter new and
subject specific vocabulary, For example….
One pupil chose to research different Horse riding techniques. She came
across the KEYWORDS…
Saddle
Gallop
Trot
Canter
Equestrian
Paddock
Back
Buck
Cues
Halt

6. I.T SKILLS
• Each pupil taking part in the project created a power point
presentation about the topic they were researching.
• This provided the pupils with the opportunity to…
• Practise formatting font and pictures.
• Choose relevant information and choosing the best way to lay out
the information.
• Saving and retrieving their work.
• Proofreading and Editing their work.

7. ACTIVITIES
Dictionary Race
Information Contents and
(subject specific
sources Flashcards index quiz
words)
Reading
Whole group / Quiet reading times
Strategies
paired discussions in the Library.
practise

8. E1 EVIDENCE BOOKLET
The children worked through these booklets in small groups with myself once
a fortnight.
They moved through the books quickly and enjoyed researching their topics
in the school library and as homework. The children would often refer back to
their booklets during research.
The children also enjoyed discussing each others topics and volunteering any
information on other topics. Working together to collect their evidence.
This project is a good way to introduce the younger children to quoting,
paraphrasing and referencing because it is something we see the older
pupils following the Welsh Baccalaureate and GCSE Literature courses having
difficulty with.

9. CONFIDENCE
We found the children becoming very confident in communicating with
various people through the topic they were researching. They would…
 Ask teachers, LSA’s and parents questions regarding their chosen subject.
 Ask how to spell certain words.
 Check the meaning of words.
 Question the information they were given.
 Liaising with the Librarian and members of the 6th form by…
 Asking where to find books.
 Asking how the library was organised.
 Asking for help finding information certain books.
 Discussing what they found with their peers.

10. MAPPING PROGRESS
• The pupils are sitting the second reading comprehension test at the
end of this week.
• The aim of the test is to record any improvements (hopefully!) and we
will be looking specifically at the children who received intervention.