{"id":8644,"date":"2018-01-10T19:17:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T18:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/?page_id=8644"},"modified":"2022-12-20T15:41:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T14:41:34","slug":"literacy-and-english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/the-school-day\/curriculum\/core-curriculum\/literacy-and-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Literacy and English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The development of literacy skills plays an important role in all learning.<\/p>\n<p>Children develop and extend their literacy skills when they have opportunities to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>communicate, collaborate and build relationships<\/li>\n<li>reflect on and explain their literacy and thinking skills, using feedback to help them improve and sensitively provide useful feedback for others<\/li>\n<li>engage with and create a wide range of texts in different media, taking advantage of the opportunities offered by ICT<\/li>\n<li>develop their understanding of what is special, vibrant and valuable about their own and other cultures and their languages<\/li>\n<li>explore the richness and diversity of language, how it can affect them and the wide range of ways in which they and others can be creative<\/li>\n<li>extend and enrich their vocabulary through listening, talking, reading and writing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In developing English language skills:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>children engage with a wide range of texts and develop an appreciation of the richness and breadth of Scotland\u2019s literacy and linguistic heritage<\/li>\n<li>children enjoy exploring and discussing word patterns and text structures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Early Literacy \u2013 An important emphasis is placed on strategies to improve literacy in the early years and subsequently throughout primary school.<\/p>\n<p>For information on how to support your child with Literacy and English, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/after-school\/supporting-your-child-with-literacy-and-english\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The development of literacy skills plays an important role in all learning. Children develop and extend their literacy skills when they have opportunities to: communicate, collaborate and build relationships reflect on and explain their literacy and thinking skills, using feedback to help them improve and sensitively provide useful feedback for others engage with and create &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/the-school-day\/curriculum\/core-curriculum\/literacy-and-english\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Literacy and English<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"parent":9574,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8644","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8644"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11007,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8644\/revisions\/11007"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/OurLadyMissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}