The Giglets online literacy resource is aligned with the National Curriculum and supports English schools and teachers in its delivery. The Giglets texts, tasks and features have been created and designed to directly support teachers in England.
The Giglets library includes texts in over 35 languages and so is also ideally placed to support English schools in the teaching of additional languages and supporting learners with English as an Additional Language.
With such a diverse library, Giglets is ideally placed to also support literacy across the curriculum, interdisciplinary learning and other curricular areas.
Read more below on how Giglets can support the National Curriculum.
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It is essential that teaching focuses on developing pupils’ competence in both dimensions. Skilled word reading involves both the speedy working out of the pronunciation of unfamiliar printed words (decoding) and the speedy recognition of familiar printed words. This is why phonics should be emphasised in the early teaching of reading to beginners (ie unskilled readers) when they start school. Good comprehension draws from linguistic knowledge (in particular of vocabulary and grammar) and on knowledge of the world. Comprehension skills develop through pupils’ experience of high-quality discussion with the teacher, as well as from reading and discussing a range of stories, poems and non-fiction. All pupils must be encouraged to read widely across both fiction and non-fiction to develop their knowledge of themselves and the world they live in, to establish an appreciation and love of reading, and to gain knowledge across the curriculum. Reading widely and often increases pupils’ vocabulary because they encounter words they would rarely hear or use in everyday speech. Reading also feeds pupils’ imagination and opens up a treasure house of wonder and joy for curious young minds. It is essential that, by the end of their primary education, all pupils are able to read fluently, and with confidence, in any subject in their forthcoming secondary education. |
Giglets marries up developing reading and comprehension skills with promoting a love of reading. Giglets texts are designed to be accessible and engaging for all readers. When reading, pupils can choose between two dyslexic-friendly fonts, eight different font sizes and ten options for tailored text and background colours. Texts are enhanced with audio support, theme music, animation and illustration. While Giglets is not a prescriptive phonics scheme, there are many texts within the Giglets library that can support the work teachers do in early primary school with regards to phonics. While there are plenty of texts for teachers to use for whole class reading or story time, other simpler texts for early primary school generally feature repetition, high frequency words and support a phonics-based approach. Giglets understands how important a wide variety and choice of texts is for building reading skills. The Giglets library has hundreds of texts to choose from covering a wide range of topics, genres and forms. To support the development of comprehension Giglets provides high quality, text specific tasks. Sets of Higher Order Thinking Skills questions promote a deep understanding of a text. Automatically marked Reading Test Questions feature a variety of question types including multiple choice, sequencing, find and copy, and matching styles. These not only engage learners but allow teachers to assess understanding on a deeper level. These can also be tracked in the reporting section and used to inform next steps in learning. |
