2017 Literacy Forum twilights

Below are links to resources and videos from the series of twilights run by the Argyll and Bute Literacy Forum in 2017.

This is the introduction that was used in the Mull twilight: Literacy Forum Mull introduction

The presentation on adult literacy from Rhona Grant at the Cowal twilight: Adult Literacy

Using assessment to identify and address literacy difficulties by Roslyn Redpath, senior educational psychologist

Supporting literacy in the secondary classroom by Clare Bryden, PT Literacy. The booklet to support the presentation can be found here:  Literacy across subjects booklet

Argyll and Bute Learning & Development Framework: ELC Literacy Tracker presentation presented by Linda Burgar / Tina Sartain, Early Years

One presentation in Mull, by literacy forum member Claire Bidwell, was about Practical Reading Interventions and Support in the Primary. As a result of this workshop, local teachers came up with a list of what was working with developing pupils’ reading and how they knew: Reading: what works

As a result of their twilight, Mull cluster have created a literacy group who will meet regularly to discuss best practice.

Stuart Craig, education psychologist and chair of the Literacy Forum, talks about effective use of assessments in supporting pupils