Category Archives: Professional Development

Helping your child with literacy

On this page you’ll find some links to useful sites and documents which you can use with your child at different stages of their progress.

You can also check out Education Scotland’s ParentZone for any questions you might have about your child’s education:

https://education.gov.scot/ParentZone

 

Birth to pre school

www.playtalkread.scot/

 

Pre school – P3

asking-the-right-questions

paired-reading-and-how-to-do-it-with-your-child

This site has interactive games you can use to encourage literacy:

http://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/literacy/

 

P4 – S3

Here are some websites you could use to moivate young people to read:

https://readingagency.org.uk/young-people/

http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors-live

http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/

And hereĀ are some webiste where you can access audiobooks

http://www.audible.co.uk/

http://www.audiobooks.org/

https://www.overdrive.com/

 

Senior Phase

A link to the parent / carer section of the SQA’s website:

http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/41292.html