In literacy, our focus is on Reading, Writing, Listening and Talking.

READING

Alongside levelled reading resources, we will carry out novel studies in class to develop our reading skills. All classes implement Daily 5 in our classes helping to develop all their literacy skills. Click the link for details

https://www.thedailycafe.com/daily-5

SOUND READING SYSTEM

At Grange we use SRS to teach reading, spelling and writing. It was introduced as an intervention and piloted in Grange in 2018 and has been developed into a whole school programme and is used across Angus.

Here is a voiced over powerpoint to support your understanding:

SRS Information November 2025

Here is recording of this sessions P1 SRS Information evening that may also help you as parents support learning at home:

We use our learning ladders to help us understand what we are learning allowing us to talk about our progress clearly. Please click on the links below to see our Reading Learning ladders

P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7

WRITING

In writing we develop skills of vocabulary, connectives, openers and punctuation (VCOP) and believe that if you can talk about it then you can write about it.

Writing takes the form of talking and discussing about our writing in depth whilst focusing on what it is we are learning to do. We then plan it before we put pen to paper. Please click on the link to find out more about Big Writing.

http://www.andrelleducation.com/big-writing/

We use our learning ladders to help us understand what we are learning allowing us to talk about our progress clearly. Please click on the links below to see our Writing Learning ladders.

P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7

LISTENING & TALKING

Listening and talking skills are developed all the time at school whether it be listening to instructions, listening for information, listening in cooperative groups, discussing and sharing ideas, presenting information to others.