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Welcome to our Falkirk Children’s Services Literacy Blog. It’s purpose is to share information and literacy practice from schools and centres across our authority. Please use the pages links above to explore it’s page content. Click on the extracts below to read more about literacy practice in our schools and centres.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\n\t\t\tSeptember 2024 Literacy News\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/header>\n
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Here is our September 2024 list of Literacy News items from your Falkirk literacy team: Once you’ve read this update, please browse this refreshed Literacy… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\n\t\t\tImproving Spelling and Handwriting at Antonine Primary School\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/header>\n
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Clare Casey, depute head teacher at Antonine PS and her class teacher colleagues Lucy Dowds and Alison Todd have been trialling the Wraparound Spelling approach… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\n\t\t\tDeveloping Writing at Larbert Village PS\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/header>\n
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As part of her Masters in Early Years Pedagogy, Frances McMahon, class teacher, led recent work to develop teaching of writing in Larbert Village PS… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Mark Finlay, class teacher at Bonnybridge PS has been studying children’s reading fluency within his Masters in Professional Educational Leadership enquiry. Using a critical collaborative… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Teachers at Denny PS have observed significant impact on pupil reading skills resulting from their use of the Rainbow Readers programme. They have been using… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Falkirk Literacy Team colleagues and Kerry Abercrombie, DigiLearn Falkirk Support Officer have been co-delivering professional learning about digital tools which support learners’ literacy skills since… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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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… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Writing Week has been an annual event at Bonnybridge for the last four years. It has grown from an idea to encourage children to enjoy… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Catharine Gillespie is the raising attainment teacher in Stenhousemuir PS and, with the support of her principal teacher Dawn Easton, she is leading the use… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Over the past 2 school years, staff at Hallglen PS have developed how they support children with their literacy progress. They have identified a selection… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Setting off on our journey Antonine Primary School in Falkirk hit the ground running with their Reading Schools journey.\u00a0 They had a clear idea of… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Primary 5 & 6 pupils at Bankier PS collaborated to create all of the copy needed for their latest school magazine – Bankier Banter. They… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Primary 7 pupils at Bankier Primary School are writing this post to share how they organised and hosted an event on Wednesday 29th March. They… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Over 75 different languages are currently spoken by pupils in Falkirk Council\u2019s Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) Centres and Schools. The EAL team is part… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Slide from Lesson 1 PowerPoint resource NewsWise is a free, cross-curricular news literacy project for 7-to-11-year-olds across the UK. It is designed to help children… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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This blog post shares key information and opportunities from the last National Literacy Network meeting which took place on 8th June 2022. AGENDA:\u00a0Welcome \u2022 Love… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Primary 1 staff and Diane Russell (PT) at Maddiston PS created a video for their P1 parents and carers, who would usually visit the P1… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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