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Read Write Count

Read, Write, Count is a new campaign to improve the literacy and numeracy skills of Scotland’s children by providing advice and support for the families of children in Primary 1, 2 and 3. It is a key part of the Scottish Government’s commitment to raise attainment for all and close the attainment gap.

Read, Write, Count aims to build on the success of the Play Talk Read and Bookbug programmes in the early years and encourage parents and families to include easy and fun reading, writing and counting activities in their everyday lives. For many years, Through the Read, Write, Count campaign, all P1 to P3 children will receive a free bag with books, counting games and writing materials in the autumn of this year.

Research tells us that parental involvement in children’s learning is one of the best ways to improve educational outcomes for all children. Read, Write, Count is about giving parents the confidence to get involved and provides resources to support learning at home.

http://scottishbooktrust.com/learning/read-write-count/

Contact Yvonne Manning, yvonne.manning@falkirk.gov.uk 01324 501990 for more information.

Read, Write, Count Coming Soon

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Improving literacy and numeracy has an important role to play in improving attainment.

Improving school attainment for all and closing the attainment gap have long been priorities for the Scottish Government, with programmes such as Raising Attainment for All already working well across Scotland since launching in June this year.

In the year ahead, the Scottish Government will go further by bringing a sharper focus to the need for improvement in educational attainment.

This will include the introduction of a Read, Write, Count literacy and numeracy campaign aimed at Primary 1 to 3 children, to build on the success of the Play, Talk, Read campaign already in place.

 

 

For further information, please visit:

http://www.gov.scot/About/Performance/programme-for-government/Programme-for-Government-2014-15/Education-Attainment

STUDENTS CAN COUNT ON ADULT LITERACY CLASSES

An Adult Literacy support service available across Forth Valley College’s three campuses can support students with everything from arithmetic and numeracy to reading, writing and how to formulate essays.
The valuable service – run by the Core and Essential Skills Department – is open to anyone who thinks they need a little bit more help and confidence boosting encouragement with the core skills needed to complete further education courses at the college.
Forth Valley College Core Skills Lecturer Anne Reid said: “My colleagues and I are positive that these classes can make a huge difference to the lives of students who need some help in their core skills.
“We hope to raise the profile of the regular support sessions in order to make people more aware of when and where they are being held. Some students will only come along just the once to get some support with something specific like structuring an essay or others will attend for a few weeks to brush up on their computing or number skills.
“There should be no embarrassment or stigma attached to seeking help for basic literacy or numeracy. However if anyone feels they need to contact us in confidence about any issues they can.”
Alyson Milne (27) from Camelon, a former Forth Valley College HNC Working With Communities student benefited from the classes and is now beginning a BA degree course at the University of the West of Scotland.
Alyson said: “The Adult Literacy classes were brilliant in helping me to brush up on things I needed to in order to catch up in my course. They are great because the lecturers help you as you go at your own pace and level, and there are no deadlines or homework to worry about.
“No one should feel embarrassed about going along to these courses as they are just another class to help you learn something else or enhance what you already have. They make you feel so much better about your ability to push on with your course and the lecturers are excellent in the way they break things down into understandable sections.
“I would thoroughly recommend you give the classes a try – what have you got to lose?”
For more information on Forth Valley College’s Adult Literacy Classes contact Anne Reid by emailing anne.reid@forthvalley.ac.uk
Alternatively just drop in to any of the classes, the timetables for which can be found below:

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Forth Valley College is made up of over 14,500 students and 500 staff and offers more than 750 courses at its campuses in Alloa, Falkirk and Stirling. Approximately 97% of students successfully progress on to employment or University upon completion of their course at Forth Valley College.

Contact:
Stuart Hall or Laura Riley on 01324 403125 or by e-mail on stuart.hall@forthvalley.ac.uk or laura.riley@forthvalley.ac.uk

Secondary Probationers Examine Literacy Across Learning

40 Secondary Probationers attended a twilight session looking at literacy across learning. After an overview of local and national priorities, teachers engaged in a range of activities examining literacy within their own subject areas.

Competence and confidence in literacy, including competence in grammar, spelling and the spoken word, are essential for progress in all areas of the curriculum. Because of this, all teachers have responsibility for promoting language and literacy development. Every teacher in each area of the curriculum needs to find opportunities to encourage all young people to explain their thinking, debate their ideas and read and write at a level which will help them to develop their language skills further.  This course  provided participants with the opportunity to reflect on this followed by an overview of Falkirk Council’s Literacy Strategy. It  addressed work stream 3 ‘Further develop literacy across learning in the broad general education and the senior phase’.

Colleagues were provided an overview of ‘Active Literacy’  in Falkirk establishments and then engaged in professional dialogue.

After taking part in a range of active literacy activities including a spelling  ‘test’, they considered spelling strategies and words which are essential for their courses.

Here are a sample of their wordles:

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