LiteracyatGreatSankeyHighSchoolIntroductionGreatSankeyHighSchoolseekstoensurethatallstudentshavetheopportunitytodevelopthehighestlevelsofliteracyacrossthecurriculum.Literateyoungpeoplewillhaveaccesstoafarwiderrangeofopportunitiesonleavingschoolandhighlevelsofliteracyhelpprovidethefoundationsforstudentstobecomelife-longlearnersandsociallyresponsiblemembersofsociety.Weseektodevelopourstudents’sothattheylearntoreadandwriteforpleasureandthatthesebecomelife-longhabits.Itisourbeliefthatallchildrenshouldengagewithreadingandwritingandthatthisisawholeschoolresponsibility.Inadditiontoreadingandwriting,wealsobelievethatliteracyhelpsdevelopeffectivespeakingandlisteningskillsandenablesstudentstouselanguageinordertobecomeindependentlearners,thinkersandcommunicatorsandenhancestheirfutureemploymentprospects.TheimpactofourworkcanbeseenmostobviouslyinourstrongEnglishresults.HowliteracyispromotedThereareanumberofdifferentwaysinwhichliteracyispromotedthroughouttheschool.Theseinclude:
• LiteracytrainingformspartofourCPDwithformtutorsbeingsupportedtodelivertheliteracypassportsinPSHE
• Allstudentsaretrackedannuallyforreadingandspellingagesinyear7.Theinformationisalsosharedwithallstafftoenableappropriatedifferentiationaswellassupportingprogressacrossthewholecurriculum.
• TheEnglishfacultyholdregularmeetingswithprimaryY6teacherstobridgethegapbetweenYear6andYear7andtoensuremoderationofmarksacrossbothsettings.
• TheLRCiswellusedatsocialtimesandsupportsthecurriculum.
• TheLRCholdseventsthroughouttheyearincludingvisitingauthors
• Year7homeworkexpectationsinclude‘readingforpleasure’,whereparentsmonitorindependentreadingathome
• Readingforpleasureispromotedbyallstaffinavarietyofways,including:;booksignsonclassroomdoors.
• Allstudentsinyears7-9completealiteracypassport
• Allyear7takepartinAcceleratedreaderintheirEnglishclasses