St. Wulstan’s Catholic Primary SchoolInformation Evening

15th October 2014

Literacy

Reading

Writing

Speaking and Listening

Literacy

What we aim to do:

Encourage children to read widely and with enjoyment by introducing them to a wide range of top quality children’s fiction and non-fiction.

Foster the continuing development of the skills necessary to read and understand a variety of texts.

Encourage children to become critical and responsive readers.

Develop children’s skills in locating, interpreting and applying information from non-fiction texts.

Continue the development of children’s word awareness-the study of word structures, word usage and spelling patterns.

Aid the development of writing skills and oral language skills by using text as a stimulus..

Reading

Oxford Reading TreeKey Stage 1Key Stage 2Free /Independent readersLibrary time

Reading Scheme

Book Banding

AF1 Use a range of strategies including accurate decoding of text, to read for meaning

AF2 Understand, describe, select or retrieve information, events or ideas from texts and use quotation and reference to text

AF3 Deduce, infer or interpret information, events or ideas from texts

AF4 Identify and comment on the structure and organisation of texts, including grammatical and presentational features at text level

AF5 Explain and comment on writers' uses of language, including grammatical and literary features at word and sentence level

AF6 Identify and comment on writers' purposes and viewpoints and the overall effect of the text on the reader

AF7 Relate texts to their social, cultural and historical contexts and literary traditions

Reading Assessment Focuses

Questions for Lower KS2

Where does the story take place? Is the setting important or could the story have taken place anywhere?

What do you think will happen next?Can you retell the story in your own words?What do you think…in the story feels?What if…?Can you think of a different story ending?Why do you think … did that?Which character did you like most/least?

Why?

How do you know who is telling this story?When is the story set? What clues are thereto confirm this?What words or phrases have been used to

develop an atmosphere of suspense/mystery?

Which character did you find the most interesting?

Why?Can you tell from the opening paragraph

what kind of story you are reading?

Questions for Upper KS2

Summarise what has happened in a show. Predict what is going to happen next

(giving evidence), Describe the setting of the show. Identify the main ideas. Describe characters (guess who).

When they are watching TV, ask them

to:

Discuss the blurb. Predict the story Discuss any other books by this author Read reviews Discuss the opening scenes of books How does the author draw you into the

story?

Mistakes will be made in initial choice of books. This is an important stage for the children to learn how to choose their own reading material.

Free/Independent readers

Daily "Guided

Reading" in the classroom

Hear your children read at home

Discuss the story with your children

Visit the library/bookshops

Have somewhere quiet to read

Bedtime story/Reading aloud

Share a book with your children

Be a role model

What you can do at home to help your child:

In primary schools, children who write proficiently are always readers. It is impossible to write a text type without being familiar with the language patterns.

Children who are read to regularly before coming to school are the most likely to have success.

Children who read for pleasure are also most likely to succeed (across the curriculum).

Reading

Boys’ Writing

FemaleDolls Story

CompletionPeople

Collaborative

MaleCar

ActionImmediate

ObjectsHierarchical

Instead of think write

Try think communicate write

Writing

If a child cannot say it he cannot

write it!

Big Write

Talk Homework

Afternoon support sessions

Rapid Read / Write

Literacy support groups –Teacher

KS2 Phonic Groups

Support

SPaG

Complete the sentence below with a contraction that makes sense.

If you give me the recipe, ____________ buy the ingredients on the way home.

Staff are available to answer questions.

Thank you for coming to tonight’s session.

Thank you for listening!