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LITERACY
"Children learn through language as
well as learning language itself. Any learning develops
language, any language development improves learning".
(David Allen, English, Whose English?)
 Speaking
Listening, Reading and writing are very important skills to
be learnt in the primary school. Children need these skills
not only to communicate read and write for pleasure but also
as a basis for all learning. In school children will be
taught from an early age within a structured literacy
lesson.
Everyday children have the opportunity to
read and learn new skills whether it is learning about
phonics or writing, or studying punctuation, grammar,
spelling or handwriting. They read and write personal
accounts, factual reports, reviews, stories, instructions,
poems, newspapers, diagrams, charts and advertisements.
Speaking and Listening
Giving, receiving and following
instructions accurately, listening to points of view and
expressing an opinion, sharing ideas, explaining, reporting
and recounting are vital to successful language development.
Children are encouraged to speak confidently and to extend
fluency in language, through discussion, drama and role
play.
Parents Can Help By:
- Discussing with and listening to
their children.
- Listening/watching programmes
together and discussing them with their children.
- Sharing books with children and
discussing them.
- Answering children’s questions
and encouraging thought.
- Encouraging children to help with
everyday activities, e.g. cooking, shopping, gardening
and to discuss what, why and how they are doing things.
- Encouraging children to look at
things in detail and to discuss joint observations.
Reading
Our principal aim is that children
develop a confident, interested and enthusiastic approach to
books and reading, and are given the opportunity to become
fluent, independent readers.
Parents Can Help By:
- Encouraging their child to read.
- Sharing books with their children
in a comforting and encouraging manner
- Encouraging reading in all
situations e.g. road signs, posters, logos, TV programme
guides, food labels, etc.
- Making their child aware of the
letters of the alphabet and how together they form
words.
- Joining the Local Library
Writing
 Children
are encouraged to write independently as soon as they are
ready. As a child’s writing develops, particular attention
is given to correct spelling, punctuation, syntax and
vocabulary.
Children will be taught correct letter
formation, joined handwriting, spelling, grammar and
punctuation. Children will be provided with opportunities to
write in both literacy lessons and in subjects across the
curriculum.
Parents Can Help By:
- Providing a range of papers,
pens, pencils and crayons for their child to use at
home.
- Providing chalk boards and chalk,
and magnetic boards and letters for use at home.
- Encouraging children to write at
home e.g. stories, letters, diaries, shopping lists,
recipes.
Each class has a fiction library and
there is a well stocked non-fiction library. Classes visit
Pimlico Children's Library on a rota basis.
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