Fixation

Little Wandle Code is a fully resourced, all-in-one phonics intervention and assessment programme for early KS3. Beyond the Code is the fourth intervention pathway, with 8 age-appropriate fiction chapter books designed for Key Stage 3 readers whose decoding is secure, but fluency and comprehension need targeted support. Beyond the Code books look like books students' peers are reading and span a range of genres – thriller, sci-fi, horror, mystery, comedy and narrative fiction – reflecting teen reading preferences and providing choice. Anna lives on the 15th floor of her tower block. One night, at 2.16am, she wakes to see a shadowy figure in the window of the tower block opposite her own. One night she waves… the figure waves back. Each night it moved one floor lower. People around the world have reported the same thing: a silent silhouette appearing in distant windows and moving closer night after night. Ignore it and it goes away. Engage it however… it fixates.Fixation is read during a two-week unit of study, combining modelled and rehearsed reading to build fluency with explicit vocabulary, inference and comprehension strategy instruction. Beyond the Code books are supported by fully resourced and planned scripted lessons and ‘How to’ videos available with the Little Wandle Code subscription.Little Wandle Code’s built-in diagnostic assessments identify students for the Beyond the Code fluency and comprehension pathway from the start of Year 7 or Year 8, or students can progress to it at the end of the Complete the Code phonics intervention pathway.