All Aboard Phonics Plus guidance - resource

The All Aboard Phonics Plus Manual is an essential resource for educators who aim to provide tailored support to children who face challenges in learning phonics. Recognizing that each child's difficulties are unique, the manual offers strategies and techniques to help educators identify the specific issues a child may have and guide them towards overcoming these obstacles. The manual is not just a tool for intervention but also a means to enhance classroom results, pushing them from good to excellent by focusing on the children who need the most support.

The intervention process outlined in the manual is structured as a journey through various stages of literacy development, with checkpoints or "ports" where the child's progress is evaluated. This ensures that the child is neither revisiting areas they have already mastered nor facing tasks beyond their current abilities. The manual advises that group interventions should only be considered if the children are at the same stage of learning. It is designed to complement the Synthetic Phonics (SSP) programme, with resources such as word and grapheme banks that are adaptable to any phase of SSP a child is currently working on. Additionally, the manual emphasizes the importance of collaboration with parents or guardians, suggesting that educators should communicate the intervention plan to them, reassure them of its efficacy, and engage them as active partners in their child's phonics learning journey.