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Open the demo week
Week 1: The Crossing
Pupils meet the root port, meaning carry, and begin the first stage of the journey.
Examine the four sessions
Across the week you will see the full learning sequence: Learn the root, read it in context, use the root in structured talk and write with control.
See the wider programme
This demo shows one week. The full Word Odyssey includes 12 narrative journeys and 48 ready-to-run literacy sessions.
The Word Odyssey library of 12 narrative journeys
Demo access:
Week 1 unlocked
The Crossing
Root focus: port=carry
Week 2
Fire Mountain
Root focus: ject=throw
Available in full programme
Week 3
The Golden Orchard
Root focus: tract=pull
Available in full programme
Week 4
Labyrinth
Root focus: struct=build
Available in full programme
Week 5
The Watcher
Root focus: spect=look
Available in full programme
Week 6
Trueform Forest
Root focus: form=shape
Available in full programme
Week 7
Siren Song
Root focus: voc=call
Available in full programme
Week 8
Sound-Thief
Root focus: aud=hear
Available in full programme
Week 9
The Giant's Broken Hand
Root focus: manu=hand
Available in full programme
Week 10
Luminous Cave
Root focus: lumi=light
aqua=water
Available in full programme
Week 11
The Chamber of Threads
Root focus: pre=before
re=again
Available in full programme
Week 12
The Breaking Chains
Root focus: un=not
anti=opposite
Available in full programme
Demo access:
Week 1 unlocked
The Crossing
Root focus: port=carry
Try one complete week from The Word Odyssey
See how a root becomes a full literacy journey - vocabulary, reading, oracy and writing
Demo access:
Week 1 unlocked
Root focus: port=carry
The Crossing
Explore one complete week from The Word Odyssey.
You’ll see how the programme moves pupils from explicit root teaching into reading, oracy and controlled writing - using the same clear routines that run across the full 12-week journey.
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