Sofrydd Stars vs ReadingScreen

Make wellbeing your priority and download the Sofrydd Stars app! This app was written entirely by the children of Sofrydd Primary School and will help you focus on your wellbeing. Whether it’s exploring nature in your local environment, breathing exercises to help feelings of calm, or yoga poses to help you relax, Sofrydd Stars has it all! Do you love the outdoors? If you enjoy spending time exploring places of interest, this app allows you to explore a variety of scenic places, including some of our famous castles, beautiful lakes and stunning walks. Have a look at the magnificent Minecraft models of our favourite locations around Wales and join the pupil explorers on their journey using Augmented Reality. Use our interactive map to find wellbeing locations right across Wales. Are you a fan of Yoga and need help remembering some of the poses? Take a look at the brilliant digital drawings created by the children at Sofrydd to refresh your memory. Learn about the benefits of Yoga for your wellbeing. Do you sometimes feel anxious? Try our one -minute breathing exercises and feel the calm wash over you as you breathe in and out helping to centre your mind and body. Use our timer to see how far you can walk , or if you’re feeling energetic, how far you can run! Do you enjoy playing games to relax? Have fun with our Dragon Data Cards and challenge your friends and family to a tournament.

Accurately identify Primary school children who would benefit from reading support, using our fast, fun and intuitive app for teachers and teaching assistants. Based on decades of University of Oxford research into reading development. ReadingScreen assessments consist of two tests measuring different reading skills. The first presents pupils with up to 60 individual words of increasing complexity. The second presents them with up to 34 nonwords. The pupil is asked to read each word or nonword out loud and their responses are marked for accuracy by the adult conducting the assessment. If they get 15 answers in a row incorrect, the test ends and they move onto the next test. Each assessment should take 10 minutes or less to complete. Assessments can be interrupted if necessary and will resume from the beginning of the most recent test. To launch an assessment, the adult conducting the assessment should scan the QR code for the pupil they want to assess. No personally identifiable information is stored on the device. At the end of an assessment, the data is uploaded to oxedandassessment.com for instant feedback and reports can be generated for classes or year groups. If no internet connection is available, the data can be stored on the device and uploaded at a later date. ReadingScreen is suitable for schools and organisations (UK and international) using English or Welsh as the medium of education.