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Conservatives TV
Watch Michael Gove on Conservatives TV describe the Butterfly School.
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Wood and Vale
On a visit to a Queen's Park language school, shadow education minister Michael Gove pledged his support for the revolutionary charity.
Real Action, which celebrated its 10th birthday this year, has helped thousands of people from deprived backgrounds learn English.
The Butterfly saturday reading school teaches 150 (plus) children aged between five and twelve to read through the unique (Butterfly) method which teaches through phonics.
It is... a very structured way of teaching - and the results speak for themselves... The children on average achieve a 13-month improvement in their reading age after 30 hours of teaching.
Mr Gove praised the excellent work of the innovative charity (Real Action)...
Speaking at the charity's home on Mozart Street he said: "It is fantastic for the children's self esteem and confidence to learn to read so quickly..."
"Developing a love of reading is crucial and it must be a pleasure for children to read... The Butterfly reading group's excellent results
working with kids from a range of backgrounds and nationalities shows how, with innovative methods, real, tangible improvements in our children's education can be achieved".
Extracts from an article by Susanna Wilkey in the Wood & Vale October 26th 2007.
The Financial Times
....Classes are organised by an educational charity called Real Action..... The school's success, for both children and adults, has been astonishing...... They include a highly structured syllabus centred around phonics and grammar, and whole class teaching with the students facing the teacher at all times. The charity's reputation has spread by word of mouth and there is a long waiting-list of potential pupils. If it were to advertise, there would undoubtedly be an overwhelming response - which Real Action, with its current resources, couldn't possibly handle. What the people running it need is more funding so that they can extend their activities to other parts of the country...
Extracts from A Woman's Entitlement by Miriam Gross published in The Financial Times August 11th 2007.
Grove Magazine
Real Action provides educational solutions to some of the most challenging problems...
Extract from an article in Grove Magazine by Lucy Land published August 2007.
The Sunday Times
Real Action's results are sensational and people are justly proud of it...
Extract from Tony should take a hint from the hoodies by Minette Marrin, published in The Sunday Times May 15th 2005.
Wood and Vale
What is special about Real action is the method of teaching that they use... It uses direct instruction and is very interactive with lots of question and answer sessions. It is always taught at a fast pace and is a very structured way of teaching
Extract from an article in Wood and Vale by Susanna Wilkey published May 2007.
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