Top Tips for Using Technology to Boost Reading Skills

The way we engage with text has changed dramatically over the years. Whether reading captions on social media, instructions in a video game or an e-book on a digital device, technology plays a major role in modern literacy.

To help struggling readers, many digital platforms offer tools that enhance readability by making text more accessible and engaging. There’s also a broad range of accessibility features available, such as screen customisation and text-to-voice technology, which may help children and young people improve their literary confidence. This free guide offers ten top tips on how you can help young readers engage in text and foster a love for reading.

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World book day Workshop

This afternoon Haughmond class have been very luck to have Stacey from West end Dance in to teach us a dance for the story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. All of us in Haughmond thoroughly enjoyed ourselves (even all us staff). Here is a few pictures from our wonderful afternoon.

 

 

Shropshire Council Parenting Support

The Parenting Team will be delivering free Understanding Your Child and Understanding Your Child SEND groups from April 2025 (poster attached).

These 10 week groups aim to:

•             Promote understanding of children’s behaviour within the context of developmental issues

•             Promote the development of parent/child relationship

•             Increase confidence and self-esteem in both parents and children

•             Give parents a strategy for repair when things go wrong

•             Promote reflective, sensitive and effective parenting

We are also offering free SLEEP TIGHT groups from June 2025 (poster attached).

These 5 week workshops cover:

•             Recognising the role of sleep hygiene to improve sleep

•             Identifying causes of sleep issues and appropriate practical strategies to try

•             Completing sleep diaries and identifying potential sleep issues