ORIM based projects

Outcomes

Blenheim Pre-School

Kay Davies of Kirklees LEA and Zohra Dabhad of Blenheim Pre-School in Dewsbury worked together to explore how the ORIM framework could promote ‘readerly behaviours’ in three and four year old bilingual children.

• Booklet of advice for parents on early reading (PDF, 385KB), created by staff at Blenheim preschool, compiled from parents' comments on the WOW cards and questionnaires.

• Read how they encouraged parents as ‘recognisers’ (PDF, 385KB)

• Presentation containing information about the activities organised by Kay and Zohra and the responses of children and parents (PDF, 5.2MB).

• Using the ORIM framework to make a difference when working with bilingual families (PDF, 6.4MB), a booklet by Kay, Zohra and Yasmin of Gladstone Primary School.

Farmilo Primary School and Foundation Stage

Foundation Stage manager Vanessa Blore used the project as an opportunity to support the early writing of four year old twin boys through home visiting. She also organised a reading workshop and home activities to encourage ‘booktalk’ within families at this Nottinghamshire primary school.

• Poster summarising activities to engage and empower parents in the early literacy development of their children (PDF, 3.9MB)

• The story of the twin boys’ progress with early writing (PDF, 68KB)

• Conversation between Vanessa and Clare Slinn and Clare Rowntree-Jones of Monteney Primary School about home visiting (PDF, 100KB)

First Steps Nursery School

Environmental print was the inspiration for a series of very successful activities at this private nursery in Sheffield, organised by Rachel Hitchens-Orr and Sarah Williams.

• Read about Rachel and Sarah’s environmental print morning and their ‘Share and Learn’ packs (PDF, 238KB)

Gladstone Primary School

Early learning mentor Yasmin Rifat worked with the parents of Punjabi-speaking children in Foundation Stage at this Peterborough primary school.

• Yasmin’s work sharing knowledge of reading skills, organising an environmental print walk and encouraging a space for playing and learning in the home (PDF, 225KB).

• Details of Yasmin’s work is featured in this presentation on using the ORIM framework to support bilingual families (PDF, 5.2MB)

• Booklet by Yasmin, Kay and Zohra of Blenheim Pre-School on using the ORIM framework to make a difference when working with bilingual families (PDF, 6.4MB)

Grace Owen Nursery School

The collaboration of Mandy Foster at this Sheffield nursery school and Dylan Yamada-Rice of the University of Sheffield led to the use of the ORIM framework with images in the environment.

• Poster providing an overview of the work done by Dylan and Mandy (PDF, 258KB)

Holmsdale Manor Nursery

Pre-school teacher Katie Ward organised two evening workshops for parents at this Leicestershire nursery. Drawing on the ORIM framework, one event focused on early writing and the other on environmental print.

• An overview of the events organised by Katie (PDF, 210KB)

• Details of the two workshops and their impact (PDF, 1.9MB)

• Early writing workshop resources (PDF, 750KB)

• Information for parents about early writing (PDF, 543KB)

• Information for parents about environmental print (PDF, 492KB)

Manor Community Childcare Centre

Annie Jones is a teacher at this Sheffield Children’s Centre. She set up a ‘Read and Return’ book scheme encouraging families to borrow books for sharing at home. She has also undertaken home visits with specific families to support literacy development.

• Read about the ‘Read and Return’ scheme (PDF, 255KB)

• Annie’s reflections on home visiting (PDF, 77KB)

Monteney Primary School

At Monteney Primary School in Sheffield, Foundation Stage teacher Clare Slinn and Children’s Centre teacher Clare Rowntree-Jones used the ORIM framework to support families in their understanding and recognition of early writing. Their work involved home visiting and supported transition from nursery to school.

• Read the learning stories of the children involved (PDF, 185KB)

• Read the conversation between the two Clares and Vanessa Blore about home visiting (PDF, 100KB)

• Find out more about Oliver and Rylee’s learning stories and how Clare and Clare organised the home visits (PDF, 804KB)

Sheffield Playbox Project

Three Sheffield Local Authority early years consultants used the ORIM framework to support two year olds in relation to play and learning.

• Read about the Playbox Project (PDF, 237KB)

South Acton Children’s Centre

South Acton Children’s Centre in London provides breakfast, lunch, after-school and holiday clubs for 60 children. Hazel O’Neil worked with staff to develop early writing bags and a leaflet on early writing, and to run a workshop on communication, language and literacy development.

• Read Hazel’s story (PDF, 237KB)

• Hazel’s leaflet (PDF, 1.6MB)

Tamworth Early Years Children’s Centre

Tamworth Early Years Children’s Centre in Staffordshire provides a nursery school for children aged three to four years, day care for children aged one to three years, and an outreach service.

• Read about Jayne Walden’s use of the ORIM framework in her outreach work with one particular family (PDF, 215KB)

• Find out more about Lexi’s story (PDF, 2.4MB)

Using the ORIM framework with childminders in Hastings

Childminders are in a unique position to enable children to explore the environment and help children become competent readers and writers. Julie Bowles is the Childminding Improvement Officer at the Children’s Services Department, Eastbourne, East Sussex.

• Read about her experiences of using the ORIM framework with childminders in Hastings (PDF, 268KB)

• Details of how the childminders used the ORIM framework to plan activities relating to environmental print (PDF, 3.3MB)