At Alperton Community School, our key literacy priorities are to:
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Narrow the gap between a student’s reading age and their chronological reading age by using Accelerated reader effectively.
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Ensure that all students write at length in every subject and that the quality of their written work improves over time.
- To be literate is to gain a voice and to participate meaningfully and assertively in decisions that affect one’s life
- To be literate is to gain self-confidence
- To be literate is to become self-assertive
- Literacy enables people to read their own world and to write their own history
- Literacy provides access to written knowledge – and knowledge is power. In a nutshell, literacy empowers.
OFSTED – Improving literacy in secondary schools: a shared responsibility, April 2013
Further Resources
- How Can I Help My Child Improve Their Literacy?
- Commonly misspelled words
- What Can Parents Do?
- Generic Literacy Table Mats Keystage 5 & 4
- SPaG Placemat
- Love Reading For Schools
Online Resources
| Literacy hour activities: | www.juppfamily.net/learning/literacy |
| Verbs and adverbs quiz: | www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ |
