Giglets inspires a love of reading in all pupils. Pupils bring a wide range of backgrounds, languages, and interests to our classrooms. Through multimedia support, multilingual options, and a variety of accessible features, Giglets helps educators create inclusive, motivating reading experiences while building curriculum knowledge and a pupil’s reader identity.
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The Giglets library spans over 40 languages. Reading in a familiar language can help learners deepen understanding and feel seen in the classroom. Beyond the classroom, Giglets helps schools to encourage parental involvement in their child's reading, both in English and in their first language, with audio reads and multimedia to support.
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Giglets harnesses the power of multimedia to build children’s knowledge, with rich illustrations, music, videos, animations, and audio. Giglets is designed to engage pupils, maintain motivation, and ensure reading is an enjoyable experience for all. Tools and features are built in to engage all pupils in reading and to support individual pupils with fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Giglets delivers a platform that challenges stronger readers, and engages developing readers.
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With Giglets, pupils can:
- Engage in a blended reading experience with a range of captivating texts, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, traditional tales, stories from around the world, and adapted classics, all broadening knowledge and cultural literacy.
- Enjoy enriching literacy sessions with illustrations, animations, music, audio storytelling, and video.
- Gain immediate feedback supporting their understanding and progress, through metacognitive awareness of comprehension strategies.
- Read and engage with differentiated texts and tasks to suit a pupil’s interests, needs, and next steps. The personalised pupil portal empowers every pupil to take ownership of their reading time.
- Access the platform on any device, anytime, anywhere, ensuring that pupils have the flexibility to continue their reading journey wherever they are, making reading an integral part of their daily routine.
