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Literacy
Use the resources below to embed literacy across the curriculum, ensuring that pupils can overcome reading and writing difficulties and engage with lesson activities.
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Bob Cox shares strategies to support primary pupils in accessing a challenging reading curriculum and developing high quality creative writing
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Diane Leedham unpacks what we mean when we talk about academic language, and why it matters for our learners
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Looking to overcome the main barriers to literacy in your school? Sophie Holdforth explains how you can use her 'I do, we do, you do' framework to bring everyone on board
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A primary English model policy to help ensure consistent teaching of literacy across the school, covering provision from EYFS up until the end of Key Stage 2
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Is it possible to get poetical about science? Dr Verity Jones shares creative and inspirational ways to integrate literacy into science and geography lessons
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Inclusion leaders spend time planning provision for pupils with literacy difficulties, but do we know if the impact of these interventions will last? Jean Gross summarises research evidence on one intervention
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When should children transition from reading aloud to reading silently in guided reading lessons?
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Oracy impacts on cognitive, social and emotional and ultimately life outcomes. James Mannion explains why oracy should be a priority for all teachers
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The purpose of assessment is not to fill checkboxes but to inform better teaching, particularly for pupils with SEND. Nancy Gedge explains how you can get to know the children you teach