Racing to Literacy programme by Alice Washbourne

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Ellis, Louise

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Sep 10, 2021, 10:45:13 AM9/10/21
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Good afternoon,

 

I am trying to find out costs and where I can download/buy the Racing to Literacy Programme by Alice Washbourne.  I have numerous students with EAL who have no phonemic knowledge and they are struggling to decode/ write etc. As they are secondary aged – regular phonics programmes are inappropriate.  Does anyone know where I can access it please? Google has been unhelpful.

 

Thank  you!

 

Louise Ellis

EAL Practitioner

Minority Ethnic Achievement Service

Wirral council

Birkenhead Town Hall

CH41 5BR

Tel: 0151 666 5226

Mobile: 07498 618 513

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Graham Smith

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Sep 10, 2021, 11:02:43 AM9/10/21
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I think it was written by Alice Washbourne, who has is now an artist an no longer an EAL practitioner. I suspect Racing to Literacy was owned and marketed by Lewisham Council, who no longer appear interested in it.

Your best bet is to find someone with a copy.


Best wishes,

Graham

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Griffin, Melanie

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Sep 10, 2021, 11:16:42 AM9/10/21
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Hi Louise,

 

I haven’t heard of this but we use Phonics for Life which is great for older EAL learners as well as younger ones as it has a focus on language development as well as phonics and the images are real photos so no ‘kiddy’ pictures that would put older learners off.

 

You can see more about it at https://www.languageforlife.education/phonics-for-life

 

Best wishes,

 

Melanie

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Ellis, Louise

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Sep 10, 2021, 11:46:26 AM9/10/21
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Brilliant, I will check that out too. Thanks so much.

 

Louise Ellis

EAL Practitioner

Minority Ethnic Achievement Service

Wirral council

Birkenhead Town Hall

CH41 5BR

Tel: 0151 666 5226

Mobile: 07498 618 513

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Deborah Wilcock

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Sep 10, 2021, 1:21:02 PM9/10/21
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https://www.solgrid.org.uk/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2020/02/SecondaryBooklet1-Updated2016.pdf

There is a link within this document but haven’t tested it yet
Page 22
Let me know if it works 
Debbie

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On 10 Sep 2021, at 16:46, 'Ellis, Louise' via EAL-Bilingual <eal-bi...@googlegroups.com> wrote:



Brilliant, I will check that out too. Thanks so much.

 

Louise Ellis

EAL Practitioner

Minority Ethnic Achievement Service

Wirral council

Birkenhead Town Hall

CH41 5BR

Tel: 0151 666 5226

Mobile: 07498 618 513

Email: louis...@wirral.gov.uk
Visit our website: www.wirral.gov.uk

Email: louis...@wirral.gov.uk
Visit our website: www.wirral.gov.uk

 

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Gordon Ward

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Sep 10, 2021, 1:23:32 PM9/10/21
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Hi Louise
There are a few phonics activities in Racing to English - some developed with secondary beginners in mind - I talk about one of them in my 6 min video about phonics - https://youtu.be/w0e7t5i8mps
Best wishes
Gordon

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Racing to English
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Nottingham
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07778 708 993
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On 10/09/2021 15:45 'Ellis, Louise' via EAL-Bilingual <eal-bi...@googlegroups.com> wrote:


Good afternoon,

I am trying to find out costs and where I can download/buy the Racing to Literacy Programme by Alice Washbourne. I have numerous students with EAL who have no phonemic knowledge and they are struggling to decode/ write etc. As they are secondary aged - regular phonics programmes are inappropriate. Does anyone know where I can access it please? Google has been unhelpful.

Thank you!

Louise Ellis
EAL Practitioner
Minority Ethnic Achievement Service
Wirral council
Birkenhead Town Hall
CH41 5BR
Tel: 0151 666 5226
Mobile: 07498 618 513



Please note my working week is Monday - Thursday


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Ann Long

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Sep 10, 2021, 5:40:14 PM9/10/21
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She also wrote the EAL pocket book which has a lot of really useful information for those teaching pupils learning EAL . 

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On 10 Sep 2021, at 16:46, 'Ellis, Louise' via EAL-Bilingual <eal-bi...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Brilliant, I will check that out too. Thanks so much.

 

Louise Ellis

EAL Practitioner

Minority Ethnic Achievement Service

Wirral council

Birkenhead Town Hall

CH41 5BR

Tel: 0151 666 5226

Mobile: 07498 618 513

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Ellis, Louise

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Sep 13, 2021, 9:08:12 AM9/13/21
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Thank you. I will have a look.

 

Louise Ellis

EAL Practitioner

Minority Ethnic Achievement Service

Wirral council

Birkenhead Town Hall

CH41 5BR

Tel: 0151 666 5226

Mobile: 07498 618 513

Email: louis...@wirral.gov.uk
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Ellis, Louise

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Sep 13, 2021, 9:10:43 AM9/13/21
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Thank you. I have already see that leaflet which is where I initially heard about the programme. Unfortunately, the link is for their internal Intranet so I am unable to access it.

 

Louise Ellis

EAL Practitioner

Minority Ethnic Achievement Service

Wirral council

Birkenhead Town Hall

CH41 5BR

Tel: 0151 666 5226

Mobile: 07498 618 513


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