The “summer slide” refers to the learning loss many children experience during the long summer break from school.
During summer 2024, the National Literacy Agency (NLA) provided literacy support to a total of 742 primary school children, many of whom had participated in Reading Recovery, Nwar, Klabb Naħla or Read Aloud/ Ħlewwet il-Qari during scholastic year 2023-2024.
The “summer slide” refers to the learning loss many children experience during the long summer break from school.
| Programme | Individual/Group Session | Language of Sessions | Mode of Delivery | Number of pupils |
| Reading Recovery | Individual | English | In-person | 122 |
| Klabb Sajf (Nwar) | Pairs (2 learners per session) | English or Maltese | Online | 208 |
| Klabb Naħla | Group (max. 6 learners) | English or Maltese | In-person | 330 |
| Read Aloud/
Ħlewwet il-Qari |
Individual | English or/and Maltese | Online | 82 |
Specialised tutors planned and delivered an instructional programme based on two/ three weekly sessions, designed to meet the individual needs of these children who had manifested literacy difficulties. These additional literacy programmes helped children to develop more effective reading and writing strategies during summer, enabling them to be able to work closer to the average range of classroom performance in the upcoming scholastic year.
