The Reading Recovery Programme was introduced to Virgin Mary Girls' N.S. for the first time in 1996. This is an early intervention programme designed to help children who may be experiencing problems in keeping up with reading in the classroom. It is targeted at six year olds and provides intensive individual help in their reading and writing.
The child attends half an hour each day on a one-to-one basis with a trained Reading Recovery tutor for a period of twelve to twenty weeks. The goal is to return the very lowest achieving children to the average levels for their age as independent readers and writers in a relatively short time. It steps in before a child has a chance to experience failure and feel despondent about their schoolwork. This offer a wonderful opportunity to the children to catch-up quickly and experience success in reading instead of spending years attending learning support.
The child attends half an hour each day on a one-to-one basis with a trained Reading Recovery tutor for a period of twelve to twenty weeks. The goal is to return the very lowest achieving children to the average levels for their age as independent readers and writers in a relatively short time. It steps in before a child has a chance to experience failure and feel despondent about their schoolwork. This offer a wonderful opportunity to the children to catch-up quickly and experience success in reading instead of spending years attending learning support.
