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LiteracyatGreatSankeyHighSchoolIntroductionGreatSankeyHighSchoolseekstoensurethatallstudentshavetheopportunitytodevelopthehighestlevelsofliteracyacrossthecurriculum.Literateyoungpeoplewillhaveaccesstoafarwiderrangeofopportunitiesonleavingschoolandhighlevelsofliteracyhelpprovidethefoundationsforstudentstobecomelife-longlearnersandsociallyresponsiblemembersofsociety.Weseektodevelopourstudents’sothattheylearntoreadandwriteforpleasureandthatthesebecomelife-longhabits.Itisourbeliefthatallchildrenshouldengagewithreadingandwritingandthatthisisawholeschoolresponsibility.Inadditiontoreadingandwriting,wealsobelievethatliteracyhelpsdevelopeffectivespeakingandlisteningskillsandenablesstudentstouselanguageinordertobecomeindependentlearners,thinkersandcommunicatorsandenhancestheirfutureemploymentprospects.TheimpactofourworkcanbeseenmostobviouslyinourstrongEnglishresults.HowliteracyispromotedThereareanumberofdifferentwaysinwhichliteracyispromotedthroughouttheschool.Theseinclude:

• LiteracytrainingformspartofourCPDwithformtutorsbeingsupportedtodelivertheliteracypassportsinPSHE

• Allstudentsaretrackedannuallyforreadingandspellingagesinyear7.Theinformationisalsosharedwithallstafftoenableappropriatedifferentiationaswellassupportingprogressacrossthewholecurriculum.

• TheEnglishfacultyholdregularmeetingswithprimaryY6teacherstobridgethegapbetweenYear6andYear7andtoensuremoderationofmarksacrossbothsettings.

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• TheLRCiswellusedatsocialtimesandsupportsthecurriculum.

• TheLRCholdseventsthroughouttheyearincludingvisitingauthors

• Year7homeworkexpectationsinclude‘readingforpleasure’,whereparentsmonitorindependentreadingathome

• Readingforpleasureispromotedbyallstaffinavarietyofways,including:;booksignsonclassroomdoors.

• Allstudentsinyears7-9completealiteracypassport

• Allyear7takepartinAcceleratedreaderintheirEnglishclasses


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