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The COVID-19 pandemic forced pupils and educators out of the classroom and into the home.
We quickly devised an evidence-based language and literacy programme that could be taught live and online directly to the pupil's home, with an emphasis on a fun, pupil-led experience.
Our teaching team received intensive training on how to deliver RILL lessons using a positive and constructive approach to the online learning experience.
The materials are specifically adapted to an online environment, making use of multiple interactive elements such as moving .gifs, videos, sound effects and games.
Each lesson lasts about 45 minutes, and lessons were delivered several times a week over eight weeks.
The programme is composed of sixteen lessons, delivered via Microsoft Teams and OneNote. Synchronous and asynchronous versions were made available.
The main components of each lesson were:
1. Story reading with vocabulary development
2. Vocabulary-based word games
3. Spelling activities.
As the pupil progressed through the programme, they wrote two stories of their own, which they then illustrated and recorded as an audiobook.
We delivered remote RILL to just over 200 pupils during the first national lockdown in 2020.
We found that pupils who received RILL retained their literacy skills - measured via standardised literacy tests - compared with a waitlist control group [results forthcoming].
In our current projects we are conducting Randomised Control Trials (RCTs) in order to fully evaluate the programme's efficacy.
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