THE TEN MINUTE BOX

Advertised agerange: Y2 (6 years old) through to secondary Skills/curriculumareas: literacy –readingand writing (phonics)

Trialledby: Karen Earl, SENCO and specialist teacher Setting: MicklefieldSchool,Reigate

Overview: the in an appealing portable case. The lesson plans are clear and concise and designed for any member of stafftoimplement. The simple Instruction Manual makes it easy for stafftoget started using the TenMinute Box. Additional training is available but is not essential. The TenMinute Box also includes pre and post assessments as well as easy to use tracking sheets, which enable monitoring of progress. The children that used the box enjoyed doing so, particularly as the activities were time-limited and the routine meant that they always knew what was coming next and so were prepared. Iused TenMinute Box with two pupils. After four weeks, one of them knew 50 per cent of the digraphs that were unknown before using the resource, and the other pupil knew 70 per cent. In addition to this, both pupils began to see patterns www.nasen.org.uk between words and were able to think more creatively regarding how to remember certain spelling patterns.

TenMinute Box, amultisensoryphonics intervention,isanew product which helps pupils to: learn and retain 50 digraphs read and write the digraph families in isolation, wordsand sentences improveself-confidence by familiarising pupils with wordscontaining digraphs across the curriculum improvepupils’ independence in learning through them being responsible forthe use of the contents of the box improveattention with short, targeted lessons that followaroutine consolidate learning and transfer to longterm memory through frequent repetition. It also enables educators to track areas of need that may point to unidentified Specific Learning Difficulties.

Moving forward Iwill continue to use TenMinute Box, because as well as being effective, the shortamount of time required means that it is an efficient intervention to use with anumber of children.