Funded by What Works for Children’s Social Care, Our Skills was a family literacy programme which aimed to increase the educational attainment and life chances of children in Reception or Year 1 who have a social worker or who have had one in the last six years. It covered phonics, reading strategies, story telling, learning to read, learning through play, and how reading is taught in schools, including discussion, resources and activities.
Key project statistics
The course was delivered by family learning specialists to a total of 110 parents and carers and 103 children, from 33 schools, in different parts of England.