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CHILDREN between the ages of 5 and 11, who are pupils of the No. 29 Village Primary School, West Coast Berbice, will be the focus of a literacy and numeracy intervention programme based on a model that has been used successfully in Australia. 
The programme, which runs for six weeks during the school holidays, will be utilising the three-tiered model of the whole-school approach to intervention for children with learning difficulties, and has been adopted from the education system in Queensland, Australia.
The venue will be the No. 29 Village Primary School.
The programme is the brainchild of Guyanese Australian- trained educationist, Mr. Sherwin Fraser who holds a Master’s Degree of Educational Studies, with specialisations in behaviour management and inclusive and special needs, from the University of Queensland, Australia.
Mr. Fraser is a former pupil of the No. 29 Village School.
During a well-attended launching of the programme at the school Tuesday last, Mr. Fraser said it will help pupils who have difficulties in reading, writing and math, or what is also known as dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia respectively.
The 50 or so 5-11 year olds were selected because of their low test scores over the last year in the three areas.
Sixty-seven per cent of the group is boys.
The programme is being partially funded by the Australian Government and there has been support from members of the business community as well.
Collaborators on the programme with Austin include the Trafalgar/Union Community Development Council at # 29 Village and some specially trained teachers of the primary school.
The programme, which runs for six weeks during the school holidays, will be utilising the three-tiered model of the whole-school approach to intervention for children with learning difficulties, and has been adopted from the education system in Queensland, Australia. The venue will be the No. 29 Village Primary School.
The programme is the brainchild of Guyanese Australian- trained educationist, Mr. Sherwin Fraser who holds a Master’s Degree of Educational Studies, with specialisations in behaviour management and inclusive and special needs, from the University of Queensland, Australia.
Mr. Fraser is a former pupil of the No. 29 Village School.
During a well-attended launching of the programme at the school Tuesday last, Mr. Fraser said it will help pupils who have difficulties in reading, writing and math, or what is also known as dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia respectively.
The 50 or so 5-11 year olds were selected because of their low test scores over the last year in the three areas.
Sixty-seven per cent of the group is boys.
The programme is being partially funded by the Australian Government and there has been support from members of the business community as well.
Collaborators on the programme with Austin include the Trafalgar/Union Community Development Council at # 29 Village and some specially trained teachers of the primary school.
A highlight of the programme is the training of eight teachers from No.29 Primary in current literacy and numeracy techniques and strategies.
These teachers will in turn use the knowledge and skills gained to help in the administration of the programme through direct instruction and explicit teaching.
The programme will also assist parents in overcoming the challenges faced in working with children who have learning difficulties.
The programme starts from 15th July and the collaborators are aiming at achieving at least 95% reading, writing and math recovery by the time it ends on August 30.
