Stage One.

1. Start by identifying every vulnerable reader in Year 6. This will be children for whom a Level 3 or Level 2 has been predicated at Key Stage 2 in 2012. This is likely to be at most, six children. Show them how to use the Library programme. Start with a Level 3 title. If necessary, you can later change upwards or downwards as necessary. The 'Levels' in the library do not relate to specific reading ages or National Curriculum stages; they simply reflect increasing levels of intellectual challenge.

2. The child needs only learn to advance word focus by touching the spacebar and to voice any unfamiliar words by touching any letter key.

3. The supervising adult needs to learn that the children have to complete the session at the computer ON THIER OWN WITHOUT ADULT INTERVENTION OR DIRECT SUPERVISION and that the child has to read the passages to the adult from the printouts and never from the computer screen.

4. Each child should complete two chapters daily and maintain his or her own reading folder. After the first two titles, children should be encouraged to choose their own titles as they would in a real library.

5. Teach the child that the reason why they are completing the sessions at the computer is so that they will be able to read it aloud with few if any, reading errors. Repeat this frequently until each child accepts this as the reason for making sure that they complete the session appropriately.

This regime is intended primarily for children for whom a Level 3 is predicted and should be maintained throughout the first term of project. Children for whom a Level 2 is predicted, may have a specific learning difficulty; any such children who find the library exercises too demanding should instead complete a single exercise from the Jumpstart course.

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