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Catching up with Catch Up

Conference 26th September 2013 – Cardiff University

Mission: ‘To address the problem of underachievement that has

its roots in literacy and numeracy difficulties’

Catch Up is a not-for-profit UK registered charity: 1072425 Catch Up is a registered trademark

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Catching up with Catch Up Conference

Welcome and introduction

Sioned Bowen (Caxton Trust)

Julie Lawes (Catch Up Director)


To provide an ‘update’

To give an overview of next steps

To celebrate Catch Up success!

Aim of the conference


Conference Outline


The context – Literacy and Numeracy in Wales

Celebrating Catch Up Excellence

Excellence Award Case Study – Caerphilly Catch Up team

Break

Catch Up

Success in Wales

The Big Picture – Wales and beyond

Strategic use of Catch Up – Moving to Consortia

Next steps (2013-14)

Lunch

Mission: ‘To address the problem of underachievement that has its roots in literacy and numeracy difficulties’


Structured one-to-one interventions in English and

Welsh for struggling readers and for learners who

struggle with numeracy

Centred on 15 minute sessions delivered twice a week,

targeted to the needs of the individual

Grounded in rigorous academic research and shown to

be effective in schools (and other settings)

Realistic, practical and inexpensive

Catch Up Literacy/Llythrennedd Dyfal Donc and

Catch Up Numeracy/Rhifedd Dyfal Donc


offers integrated training and resource packages to

support the management and delivery of the Catch Up

interventions

provides ongoing support, through the Catch Up

Community, for those who deliver the Catch Up

interventions to struggling learners

undertakes research into the development and

enhancement of the Catch Up interventions, and into

extending the support it provides to struggling learners

Catch Up is a not-for-profit charity that:


The ‘Context’ in Wales

Ken Skates AM

Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology


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Excellence Awards

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An award scheme which aims to recognise and

celebrate school and learner achievements based on

the Catch Up Literacy and Catch Up Numeracy

interventions

Catch Up Excellence Awards




Successful submission for either

Catch Up Literacy or Catch Up Numeracy

Successful submission for both Catch Up Literacy and

Catch Up Numeracy



Gold - A SILVER submission, plus evidence of

sustained high quality management




What evidence is required?


Pupil Progress


Positive learner outcomes

(standardised tests)

Data for learners who

have received Catch Up

support, showing a

minimum average ratio

gain of 2.00 (at least

double the normal rate of

progress).

Positive learner outcomes

(case studies)

Case studies of up to two

learners who have

received Catch Up

support.

Management of the intervention


High quality Catch Up delivery

At least one current Catch Up deliverer who has achieved all 3 Units of the relevant Catch Up Level 2 OCN qualification/s.

High quality Catch Up management

Details of implementation and monitoring and support of the intervention/s.


In Catch Up, we use the

‘Catch Up Coordinator

action plan’ – a one-page

checklist of all the issues

relevant to introducing and

monitoring the intervention.

Management guidance

2010-2011 winners (will be invited to resubmit)

● Maerdy Junior School

● Aberdare Town Church Primary School

● Glenboi Community Primary School

● Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf

● Evenlode C.P. School

● Wick Marcross C.I.W. Primary

● Romilly Primary School

● Cogan Primary School (already resubmitted)



2011-2012 winners:

● Bodnant Community School

● All Saints C.I.W. Primary School

● Oakfield Primary School

● Ysgol y Llys

● Jenner Park Primary

● Ysgol Caer Drewyn




2012-2013

Presentation of certificates

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● Cwmlai Primary School

● Ysgol Melyd

● Miskin Primary School

● Caerphilly Catch Up team

● Ysgol yr Eos

● Ysgol Bro Famau

● Ysgol Mair Catholic Primary School

● Cogan Primary School

Bronze Award


● Ysgol Bodfari School

● St. Helen's Infant and Nursery School

Silver Award


● Laugharne School

● Victoria Primary School

Gold Award



GRAND TOTAL OF 25 AWARDS!!!!!!!!

Catch Up in Action

Excellence Award Case Study

Keri Ellis (Catch Up Co-ordinator, ALN , Ty Dyffryn) and the

Caerphilly Catch Up team

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Catch Up in Action

What we did

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The Caerphilly Catch Up Team:

8.5 staff

Funded through SEG (School Effectiveness Grant)

All Catch Up Literacy/Llythrennedd Dyfal Donc

trained

Targets pupils who are identified through Authority

screening as under attaining in literacy as part of a

graduated response

Delivers the interventions and supports their

embedding in schools

Catch Up in Action


The Caerphilly schools:

97% have staff trained by Catch Up

Share the delivery of Catch Up Literacy/Llythrennedd

Dyfal Donc with the team

Use the interventions across Years 2-7

Year 5-7 work linked to ‘Underachievement of boys’

project

Catch Up in Action



We use the ‘Catch Up

Coordinator action plan’ –

a one-page checklist of all

the issues relevant to

introducing and monitoring

the intervention.

Catch Up in Action

Communications:

With schools

The Catch Up co-ordinator keeps schools up to date with any

relevant developments including training, as well as sending

out progress charts for the Catch Up pupils, via email.

Strong link between each team member and their designated

schools, and much feedback is given to class teachers,

SENCos and Headteacher on an informal individual basis.

With parents

Devised a leaflet to inform parents of the intervention and their

child’s involvement in it.

Progress feedback is readily available for parents, and is often

shared by the class teachers during parents’ evening.

Catch Up in Action


Timetabling:

Once the pupils across county have been screened and the

most appropriate children are selected, the times can be

allocated to schools.

This year, all Y3 settings within Caerphilly have received

support from the Central Team.

Generally, each school will either have a morning session with

8 pupils supported, or an afternoon session with 6 pupils.

Schools are required to carry out the second session, and

other peripatetic services visit schools, so it is important to set

up the times for the Caerphilly Team as early as possible at

the beginning of the school year, in consultation with the

schools.

Catch Up in Action


Training and Supporting the Team:

All have attended the Catch Up training and have pursued the

OCN accreditation.

New team members are allocated with a mentor, and have the

opportunity to shadow more experienced deliverers.

Observations take place, pupil booklets monitored every term,

to ensure that they deliver high quality sessions, which are

faithful to the intervention process.

A range of further training opportunities to enhance their skills.

Meets regularly to share good practice.

Strong work ethic, and has excellent communication.

Catch Up in Action


Catch Up in Action

What happened

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Outcomes - example data

The impact: learners


Caerphilly Catch Up Results for English Medium Schools Years 2 and 3

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The impact: learners

● Increased confidence and self-esteem

● Increased motivation to read

● More strategies, greater fluency

● Enjoy reading!


The impact: parents and carers

Parents and carers have said:

● They notice the difference in children at home

● They are grateful for the help

● Children want to read

● They are proud to see progress

● They would recommend Catch Up to anyone!


The impact: schools

Improved teamwork – sharing good practice

Able to help ‘difficult to reach’ children

Enhancing the skills of LSAs and teachers

Strategic approach to the teaching of reading,

including tracking of struggling readers


Break

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Catch Up Success in Wales

Julie Lawes

Catch Up Director

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The impact: making a

difference

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Catch Up Literacy/Llythrennedd Dyfal Donc and Catch Up Numeracy/Rhifedd Dyfal Donc have both consistently been shown to help struggling learners achieve more than double the progress of typically developing learners

Evidenced in ‘Beth sy’n gweithio gyda disgyblion yng Nghymru sydd â phroblemau llythrennedd? Effeithiolrwydd cynlluniau ymyrraeth./What Works for Pupils in Wales with Literacy Difficulties? The effectiveness of intervention schemes.’ Brooks, G. (2009)

Catch Up: the impact

The impact: making a difference

All the more impressive as struggling learners make far less progress than typically developing learners

Catch Up has also contributed extensively to ‘Guidance for literacy and numeracy catch-up programmes’ produced by the Welsh Government in 2012

Catch Up: the impact

The impact: making a difference

Training in Wales

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Training in Wales

Since 2002, more than 5,500 staff in Wales trained to deliver or manage the interventions

Catch Up in Wales

● Trainees in Wales consistently make up more than a third of the total trained by Catch Up in any one year

● 75% trained to deliver Catch Up Literacy and 25% Catch Up Numeracy

● 2/3 of trainees are TAs/LSAs

● More than 90% of TAs/LSAs have achieved at least one unit of Open College Network (OCN) accreditation in Catch Up Literacy and/or Catch Up Numeracy

● Trainees consistently rate the training between 4 and 5 (from ‘very good’ to ‘excellent’)

Catch Up in Wales

Training in Wales

● 11 Catch Up Accredited Trainers (delivering training in Welsh and/or English)

● More in the pipeline!

● Presentation of certificates

Catch Up in Wales

Training in Wales

● Abertawe/Swansea

● Blaenau Gwent

● Bro Morgannwg/

The Vale of Glamorgan

● Caerdydd/Cardiff

● Caerffili/Caerphilly

● Casnewydd/Newport

● Castell-nedd Port Talbot/

Neath Port Talbot

● Ceridigion

● Conwy

● Gwynedd

● Merthyr Tydfil

● Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr/Bridgend

● Powys

● Rhondda-Cynon-Taff

● Sir Benfro/Pembrokeshire

● Sir Ddinbych/Denbighshire

● Sir Gaerfyrddin/

Carmarthenshire

● Sir Y Fflint/Flintshire

● Tor-faen/Torfaen

● Wrecsam/Wrexham

● Ynys Môn/Isle of Anglesey

Welsh local authorities in

which Catch Up training has

taken place across clusters

of schools

Catch Up in Wales

● Strategic use of Catch Up

● A strong network of LA coordinators who meet three times a year

● Continue this approach with the move to Consortia

Catch Up in Wales

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Number of Catch Up trainees and learners

We estimate that more than 100,000

struggling learners in Wales have benefited

from the Catch Up/Dyfal Donc

interventions!!!!

Catch Up in Wales

A special ‘THANK YOU’

Catch Up in Wales

The ‘big picture’

Catch Up highlights

Wales and beyond

2012 – 2013

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KEY STRATEGIC AIMS:

Develop and consolidate work in Wales, England,

Scotland, ROI, Australia and the Cayman Islands

Extend the use and impact of the Catch Up

interventions:

in ‘other settings’

by increasing ‘other deliverers’

by ‘extending the use of complementary

resources’

Catch Up Action Plan 2012-2013

The Catch Up Action Plan

Develop and consolidate work

in: Australia, Republic of

Ireland, The Cayman Islands,

Scotland and England

Dee Reid (Catch Up Co-creator and Consultant)

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in:

Australia

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Australia Quiz

What is the population

size of Australia?

How big is it?

How many people per

square kilometre?

Motto: Advance Australia

23,164,502

7,682,300 sq. km

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Australia Quiz

Educational issues in Australia?

New National Curriculum for Primary Schools to be

introduced in 2014.

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Our man in Australia


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Our woman in Australia


established

Established States:

NSW & TAS

New States:

VIC & SA

Future States:

ALL Strategic partnerships


Achievements

Future

CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE MOMENTUM

Ensure that future

developments are

‘Aus-friendly’

Focus on specific Australian gaps


Develop and consolidate work in:

Republic of Ireland (ROI)

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Republic of Ireland Quiz


size of ROI?

How big is it?

How many people per

square kilometre?

Motto: Éire go deo

4,658,825

70,282 sq. km

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Develop and consolidate work in ROI

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ROI

Partnership with the National Behaviour Support

Service (NBSS)

Trained a further 86 trainees to deliver Catch Up

Literacy and 65 to deliver Catch Up Numeracy

during 2012

367 trainees to date, with a further 120 booked for

next term

We hope to train a trainer based in ROI who can

build upon the successful work to date

Develop and consolidate work in ROI


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The Cayman Islands

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Cayman Islands Quiz


size of the Caymans?

How big is it?

How many people per

square kilometre?

Motto: He hath founded it upon the seas

56,732

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Cayman Islands Funded by the Webster Foundation

45 teachers and teacher aides have been trained to

deliver Catch Up

Cayman is fortunate to have an ‘army’ of willing

(and very capable) volunteers

Running a pilot using the Catch Up Digital Games,

in partnership with Rotarians, National Council of

Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) and HSBC

Lifetime access for all struggling readers in Cayman

Develop and consolidate work in Cayman


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Scotland

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Scotland Quiz


size of Scotland?

How big is it?

How many people per

square kilometre?

Motto: In my defence, God me defend

5,295,169

77,933 sq. km

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Develop and consolidate work in Scotland

Scotland

A very successful Catch Up Numeracy pilot ran in North

Lanarkshire in 2010, involving 33 staff from 11 schools

On average, the learners 'caught up' with their peers

Training during 2012 for 21 trainees from additional

primary schools

Successful Review session in 2013

Other interest from

outside the UK

Other interest outside the UK

Other interest outside the UK

Catch Up Numeracy training took place in February

in Ugandan ‘British International School’

Catch Up Literacy training booked for 2014

Enquiries requesting training from Egypt, South

Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Cyprus have been

directed towards the online Digital Games


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England

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England Quiz


size of England?

How big is it?

How many people per

square kilometre?

Motto: Dieu et mon droit

53,164,502

130,278 sq. km

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England

● Continued cutbacks in public services,

changes in Local Authority (LA) staffing in

England

● Successful marketing directly to schools

● 2012 -2013 was extremely positive with a

record number of trainees

Develop and consolidate work in England

Where is Catch Up helping struggling learners?

Test!!!! 1. Which of the countries, where Catch Up is helping

struggling learners, has the biggest population?

England

2. Which country has the largest geographical area?

Australia

3. After England, which country has the highest

density of population per sq. km?

Cayman

Motto: Cymru am byth

Test!!!! 1. What is the population of Wales?

3,074,100

2. How big is it?

20,735 sq. km

3. How dense is the population?

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(this is a conservative interpretation of

numbers reported at L4/N4 sessions)

Trainees

Grand total?

19,000!!!

Develop and consolidate in England and Wales

How many learners have been helped?

.........over half a million

struggling learners

helped over the last 12 years!!

Develop and consolidate in England and Wales

Catch Up Action Plan

2012-2013

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KEY STRATEGIC AIMS:




interventions:




resources’


The Catch Up Action Plan

Extend the use and impact of

the Catch Up interventions • In ‘other settings’

• By ‘other deliverers’

• By ‘extending the use of

complementary resources’

Other settings and deliverers

Continued to extend the impact of the Catch Up

interventions and additional resources

● Use in ‘other settings’

• Traveller Service

• Looked After Children

● Use by other deliverers

• Sixth formers

• Library staff

• Parents and carers

Other settings and deliverers

Extend the use and impact of

the Catch Up interventions

Catch Up Digital Games

Dr Graham Sigley Catch Up Deputy Director

Catch Up Digital Games Digital Games - untapped potential

● Piloted training to maximise the use of the games

● Suitable for volunteer organisations, business mentors,

parents and carers

● Catch Up Literacy Digital Games pilots in Wales,

Cayman Islands

● Possible new opportunities in Pegasus School, a

national chain of accountants, Compass Children’s

services and CaST Cymru (Communities and schools

together in Wales)

● Further piloting in the Autumn term


● Grants in 2010 and 2012 from Esmée Fairbairn

Foundation to research and develop digital games to

complement Catch Up Numeracy

● The digital games are based on the Catch Up Numeracy

components of numeracy

● Introduces a ‘self-levelling system’, with a pupil’s first

playing of a game determining the appropriate

subsequent playing level

● Following final piloting, anticipated launch for ‘general

sale’, Autumn term 2013

● Discussions taking place for Welsh medium version

Catch Up Numeracy Digital Games


Catch Up Numeracy Digital Games


Strategic use of Catch Up:

Moving to Consortia

Jacquie Chan (System Leader for GwE - Consortia serving

the North Wales 6 local authorities)

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Next steps 2013-14

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KEY STRATEGIC AIMS:




interventions:




resources’


Next Steps 2013-14

Next steps 2013-14

● We plan to build on all the 2012 - 2013

developments

● Particularly with regard to our work at

Consortia level

● Monitor trainer capacity as demand for

training grows

Next Steps 2013-14

Next steps 2013-14

We hope that………

● Excellent ‘value for money’ of the Catch Up

interventions combined with their effectiveness

● Effective strategic leads in Wales

● Strong teamwork

Next Steps 2013-14

Next steps 2013-14

…………. will lead to a further increase in take-up

of training and resources

So that we help many more struggling

learners!!!!

Next Steps 2013-14

Dates for your Diary:

‘Overcoming Disadvantage’, Birmingham – April 2nd 2014

‘Catching up with Catch Up’, London – Friday July 11th 2014

Catching up with Catch Up’, Cardiff – September 2014 tbc

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What do children think?


Conference

Mission: ‘To address the problem of underachievement that has

its roots in literacy and numeracy difficulties’

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