The letter informs parents that their child is participating in the Year 7 and/or Year 8 Accelerated Reader programme at Goffs School, aimed at improving reading skills and fostering a love of reading. The programme includes a STAR reading test to assess reading levels and utilizes the Renaissance Place software for tracking progress, which can be accessed at home. Parents are encouraged to engage with the programme and can contact the Whole-school Literacy Coordinator for further assistance or personalized book recommendations.
The letter informs parents that their child is participating in the Year 7 and/or Year 8 Accelerated Reader programme at Goffs School, aimed at improving reading skills and fostering a love of reading. The programme includes a STAR reading test to assess reading levels and utilizes the Renaissance Place software for tracking progress, which can be accessed at home. Parents are encouraged to engage with the programme and can contact the Whole-school Literacy Coordinator for further assistance or personalized book recommendations.
The letter informs parents that their child is participating in the Year 7 and/or Year 8 Accelerated Reader programme at Goffs School, aimed at improving reading skills and fostering a love of reading. The programme includes a STAR reading test to assess reading levels and utilizes the Renaissance Place software for tracking progress, which can be accessed at home. Parents are encouraged to engage with the programme and can contact the Whole-school Literacy Coordinator for further assistance or personalized book recommendations.
The letter informs parents that their child is participating in the Year 7 and/or Year 8 Accelerated Reader programme at Goffs School, aimed at improving reading skills and fostering a love of reading. The programme includes a STAR reading test to assess reading levels and utilizes the Renaissance Place software for tracking progress, which can be accessed at home. Parents are encouraged to engage with the programme and can contact the Whole-school Literacy Coordinator for further assistance or personalized book recommendations.
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25th November 2015
Dear Parent/Carer
I am pleased to inform you that your son/daughter is currently taking part in the Year 7 and/or Year 8 Accelerated Reader programme at Goffs School. This programme has not only been specifically designed to improve students’ reading ability and continue to raise their reading age, but also to encourage and nurture a love of reading that will continue into adulthood.
Reading is a national priority for a number of reasons: being able to demonstrate competent reading skills is essential for subjects across the entire curriculum. Scientific research shows clearly that a student who reads regularly for 20 minutes per day is far more likely to be successful at GCSE level and beyond.
The Accelerated Reader programme works by identifying a student’s reading age and will match texts tailored to this reading age, their reading ability and their genre preferences as well as challenging them and develop their vocabulary.
Students have taken a STAR reading test which will determine the level they are currently reading at. This reading level is then used to choose books within their range. When they have finished a chosen book, students will take a short, electronic quiz that assesses their understanding of what they have read. This enables us as teachers to have meaningful discussions about a student’s reading: what they have achieved and what measures we need to put into place to ensure that they are not falling behind in their reading. We will link this programme to our House system and award students House points, linked to the number of successful quizzes they have taken. Essentially, this programme is designed to improve reading and comprehension skills over time.
For Accelerated Reader, your child uses software called Renaissance Place at school. This program has a special feature called Renaissance Home Connect, which your child and you can access outside of school from any computer with an Internet connection. Renaissance Home Connect is fun and easy to use. It allows the teacher, you, and your child to share information about their progress in Accelerated Reader.
You can log in to Renaissance Home Connect from any computer with an Internet connection and compatible browser. For a list of compatible browsers, type the following URL in any browser:
Website: https://Ukhosted14.renlearn.co.uk/2240003/HomeConnect User Name: (Your son/daughters username for Accelerated Reader) Password: (Your son/daughters username for Accelerated Reader)
If you'd like to receive emails showing your child's quiz or test results, click the Email Setup link in Renaissance Home Connect and follow the directions. To be sure these emails reach your inbox, add homeconnectautodelivery@renlearnrp.com to your address book.
If you have any questions about the programme, or Renaissance Home Connect, or if you would like a personalised list of books that fit your son/daughterʼs specific interests, please do not hesitate to contact me at: sev@goffs.herts.sch.uk.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
Sophie Everist Sophie Everist Whole-school Literacy Coordinator
