DreamCatcher

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.

Patti tries her best to fit in at school, but she finds her so-called friends to be mean. When she gets home, she lets out all of her feelings by ranting to her old toys in her bedroom. Soon, strange things are happening. Her friends are going missing one by one, and Patti is having strange dreams. Could she be behind the disappearances? And can she work out how to stop this before someone gets hurt?

DreamCatcher 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 Codefluency 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.