ROCKET PHONICS IN ACTION Helen Parker, Senior Lead Product Manager, and myself, Vicky Langley, Global Associate Product Marketing Manager, visited Belmont School in Harrow, West London.
Belmont School is one of the Rocket Phonics partner schools who work with the Reading Planet team to trial resources, give feedback to improve the products and collaborate on marketing content. Helen and I met Seeta Patel, Reading Lead/KS1 Learning and Achievement Leader, Trishna Patel, Assistant Headteacher – EYFS, Y1 and 2, and Poonam Aggarwall, Headteacher, to hear about their experiences of using the Rocket Phonics programme and the amazing impact the programme is having on their young learners. Belmont School is a primary school where between 95-97% of pupils do not have English as their first language. In addition, Belmont is a Special Hub where 10 pupils in each class have Special Educational Needs.
Seeing first-hand how the teachers use the Rocket Phonics programme with these learners was an extremely valuable experience, and it was great to hear how they have “transformed into readers.” Seeta, Trishna and Poonam also shared advice on what they’d like to see in Rocket Phonics Online and how to engage parents to inspire a culture of reading for pleasure at home (aligning to our Raising Readers initiative). We also had a tour of their school library and learnt about their student librarian ambassadors.
Helen and I embodied the Owner Mentality pillar by pro- actively arranging the visit with the help of Gaynor Bayliss, National Sales Lead, UK Primary Curriculum, and asking questions to learn how we can adapt the product and marketing to better support teachers and learners.
Rocket Phonics School Visit London
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