An after school family engagement project Aimed at foundation phase children Interactive storytelling Crafts and games, designed so that parents have to engage with their children Supporting both literacy and physical literacy Run by volunteers sourced from the school community

Engage children in literature and physical literacy Aim to raise parents confidence to support their children within their home Remove stigma attached to reading Engage parents in their child’s development Involve families in their school community Create volunteering opportunities Offer training and support

Ziggies works in partnership with your school to appoint a volunteer Volunteer training Ziggies is introduced to children and parents during an assembly Ziggies opening On-going support is provided by your appointed co-ordinator.

Each session lasts an hour Interactive storytelling Craft Puzzles Colouring-in pages Games Closing the session.

Improved engagement in literature and physical literature Engaged with over 300 families Raised confidence in children and parents Increase in disengaged families attending school events Improved parents’ involvement within the school Male family members do attend Ziggies Trained and supported over 60 volunteers

Several coffee mornings and fun days to support and give back to the volunteers Two volunteers recruited as paid staff and still volunteer for the project Run several successful Ziggies Family camps Formed partnership with Play to Learn, Sport RCT and Sports Wales Branching out into other Counties Identified as ‘good practice’ by Estyn Optional Ziggies workshops, helping parents understand literacy teaching methods in your school. (including Jolly Phonics and Read Write Inc)

Adele Rossiter, Heol y Celyn, 2014 "It's really good for my kids to see me involved in their school and to see me achieving something. I think they are quite proud. I'm quite impressed with myself too if I'm honest!" “I couldn’t think of half of the stuff that we do in Ziggies, because I’m on my own with Bailee and I have dyslexia, I wouldn’t know where to start without Ziggies, it has given me loads more confidence to do things with her at home. Bailee loves it and so do I.” Leigh Edwards, Glantaf Infants 2013

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