Megan Melrose, principal teacher at St Margaret’s PS, has worked closely with staff and pupils to develop and create a literacy progression planner that shows links between writing projects and high-quality texts from Pie Corbett’s reading spine.
Planning in this way has enabled the school to streamline their curriculum, ensure learning is delivered through the four contexts, and maintain a focus on the four capacities.
Their literacy planner ensures a clear progression of skills and wide coverage of E’s an O’s throughout the school and helps staff make links with other literacy organisers.
The school are continuing to build on the successful implementation of their literacy planner by creating STEM planners that link with the high-quality books being read and Talk for Writing projects. Although planners have been created to give guidance to staff and ensure progression and consistency across the school, pupils are involved in planning and staff are encouraged to adapt plans to suit the needs and interests of their class.
Following the initial implementation of the Talk for Writing programme in 2022-23 there was, on average a 3.6% increase in writing attainment across the school. Feedback from staff, pupils and parents has been positive with teachers reporting an increased enjoyment and engagement form pupils.
