As the school year enters its final weeks, leadership teams, SET teams, and Boards of Management across Ireland are facing the usual end-of-term crunch. Between sports days, Cumann na mBunscol and clearing out classrooms, it is easy to relegate resource procurement to a task for late August.
However, waiting until the autumn rush to order intervention materials is a trap that costs schools crucial time when doors reopen.
The most effective school planning happens now. By launching our "Prep for Sep" initiative, we are helping Irish primary schools secure Mary Moran’s proven, structured literacy frameworks ahead of schedule—ensuring your support rooms and mainstream classrooms are fully equipped from Day One.
The Reality of the "Summer Slide"
Every educator is intimately familiar with summer learning regression. Over the long July and August holidays, children—particularly those struggling with dyslexia or other additional learning needs— may experience a significant drop in reading attainment.
When pupils return in September, teachers often spend the first four to six weeks simply trying to claw back lost ground. If your school is also waiting on delayed resource deliveries or trying to source structured literacy programmes weeks into the new term, vulnerable students fall even further behind.
By implementing a continuous, structured literacy framework like the Dcode/ Ncode programme the moment the school year starts, you bypass the chaos. You hand your teaching staff the exact literacy and decodable reading tools they need to close the summer gap immediately.
3 Good Reasons Primary Schools are Ordering This Month
Allocating resources this side of the summer break offers significant practical and financial advantages for Irish schools:- Primary Schoolbook Scheme: As schools finalise their accounts or allocate remaining funding from the Free Primary Schoolbooks Scheme, investing in permanent, physical structured literacy tools ensures high-ROI resources are locked in.
- Day-One Readiness: Having the 8-book Dcode and Ncode spelling programme, or the titles appropriate to the school's needs, physically in the building allows your SET team and classroom teachers to plan their adaptive teaching grids over the summer, avoiding late-August stress.
- Streamlined School Savings: Because we know school funding must be tightly managed, our "Prep for Sep" volume tiers ensure that the larger your school's order, the more capital you save.
The "Prep for Sep" School Discount Matrix
We have designed a flexible mix-and-match system so your school can order exactly what your mainstream classes and support rooms require:
- Any 2 - 3 Books/Bundles 👉 15% OFF
- Any 4 - 7 Books/Bundles 👉 17.5% OFF
- Any 8 - 11 Books/Bundles 👉 20% OFF
- 12 Books and Over 👉 25% OFF
📄 School Procurement Note: We fully support school board invoicing and ETB official Purchase Orders (POs).
Secure Your School’s Packs Today
Don't let the summer slide dictate the pace of your classrooms this autumn. Join the hundreds of Irish primary schools prioritising evidence-based, Science of Reading-aligned tools for their pupils.
Click below to browse our collection, build your custom school bundle, and lock in your tiered discount before the summer break.
[ Build Your School's "Prep for Sep" Bundle Now ]
Principals, SETs, and Teachers: How early does your school begin auditing and ordering its literacy intervention resources for the upcoming year? Let us know in the comments below!
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