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Give your pupils a head start in school and in life. 

If your pupil is struggling in school, chances are you are struggling to find a solution. 
Give your pupils the Kickstart Advantage.

If a pupil is struggling in school, chances are you may be struggling to find a solution.

Even the brightest children often struggle, simply because they have not mastered the basic skills.  They may have tremendous potential but, for various reasons, they have failed to acquire some of the essential building blocks of learning.

Kickstart understands and can help.

We offer;
  • A comprehensive education skills assessment to identify a pupil’s strengths and weaknesses.
  • The Kickstart Assessment File is designed to get a clear picture of a pupil’s specific needs.  It is a unique diagnostic test which provides a detailed profile of his/her academic strengths and weaknesses.
  • Using this information, skill gaps are pinpointed and Kickstart Publications’ wide range of resources will address a pupil’s individual needs.

KICKSTART RESOURCES

Kickstart resources are designed to support pupils who will benefit from structured programmes of work addressing specific skill areas and specific difficulties.  They cover specific skills with depth and provide a wide range of activities to meet the varying needs of individual pupils. These resources;

  • Focus on a specific skill area.
  • Provide sufficient depth of material for learning, consolidation and mastery of a skill.
  • Address skills in easy to learn steps.
  • Provide a wide range of activities to provide stimulation and to maintain the pupil’s interest.
  • Present tasks in a simple, uncluttered style with clear instructions for the teacher, parent and pupil.
  • Are compatible with many learning styles.
  • Use illustrations appropriate for the age of the pupil.
  • Provide activities suitable for teaching in the home environment.
KICKSTART GUIDE TO ASSESSING HANDWRITING DIFFICULTIES

This comprehensive assessment addresses the following areas;
  • Some strategies to help poor writers.
  • Early writing skills – a  rating system
  • Written work assessment

Emotional behaviour
  • This section is written specifically for schools management, principals and teachers
  • The Fry Graph is used for determining the reading ages of text.
  • The Kickstart Assessment File includes very comprehensive easy to follow assessment procedures.
The list of appropriate teaching materials, which are correlated to the test where the pupil makes the first errors are displayed on pages 80 and 81.  

These twenty-three Kickstart books are designed to help pupils reach their full potential.
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