The Ministry of Education Transformation has launched a Summer Learning Pod at Westbury Primary School to help students transitioning to secondary school who are struggling to recognise words, spell accurately, and understand what they read or hear.

The three-week initiative, part of the National Literacy Programme, targets students who demonstrated a critical need in literacy during this year’s common entrance exam. The programme uses the evidence-based Lindamood-Bell, Seeing Stars and visualising and verbalising programmes to strengthen reading fluency, spelling and comprehension before the new school year begins.

Assistant coordinator Carolyn Barker said the programme was specifically designed to support students at a crucial stage in their education: