How do Shine Reading Skills and Shine Maths work?

What is a Shine Reading Skills learning sequence?
A Shine Reading Skills learning sequence is a unit of intervention content. The learning sequences are arranged in a specific order and contain instructions tailored to teachers and teaching assistants.

Each Shine Reading Skills learning sequence includes:

• Prepare, Do, Review introductory sections that explain how to use the different elements of the learning sequences
• A model text and questions (Text A) and a practice text and questions (Text B)
• Teacher guidance, including answers
• Online Modelling Responses Software (for Text A and questions)
• New vocabulary flashcards
• Review sheets

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What is a Shine Maths learning sequence?
A Shine Maths learning sequence is a unit of intervention content. The learning sequences are arranged in a specific order and contain instructions tailored to teachers and teaching assistants.

Each Shine Maths learning sequence includes:

• Prepare, Do, Review introductory sections that explain how to use the different elements of the learning sequences
• Teacher guided activities and worksheets
• Quiz and answers
• Review sheets
• Yearly guidance

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Please note, if using PiRA for Scotland, the following terminology differences will be present in the learning sequences:
P2 = Year 1, P3 = Year 2, P4 = Year 3, P5 = Year 4, P6 = Year 5, P7 = Year 6.