{"id":295,"date":"2015-05-26T08:26:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T08:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/bridgeofweirprimary\/?page_id=295"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:31:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:31:31","slug":"literacy-and-languages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stannes\/curriculum\/literacy-and-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Literacy and Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The development of literacy skills plays an important role in all learning. The pupils in St. Anne\u2019s will develop their literacy skills by having the opportunity to:<\/p>\n

\u2022 communicate, collaborate and build relationships;
\n\u2022 reflect on and explain literacy and thinking skills, using feedback to help improve and progress;<\/div>\n
\u2022 engage with and create a wide range of texts in different media, taking advantage of the opportunities offered by digital technologies;<\/div>\n
\u2022 develop an understanding of what is special, vibrant and valuable about their own and other cultures and languages;
\n\u2022 explore the richness and diversity of language, how it can affect them, and the wide range of ways in which they can be creative and<\/div>\n
\u2022 extend and enrich their vocabulary through listening, talking, watching and reading.<\/div>\n
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English language skills will be developed by:<\/p>\n

\u2022 engaging with a wide range of texts and developing an appreciation of the richness and breadth of Scotland\u2019s literary and linguistic heritage and
\n\u2022 enjoy exploring and discussing word patterns and text structures.<\/div>\n
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Key Comprehension, Collins Big Cat Reading resource and age appropriate novels are used within the school. \u00a0In the Early Stages, we raise phonological awareness through our Jolly Phonics Programme. Reading for pleasure is encouraged through the use of the class library and visits to Erskine Community Library. \u00a0Independent research and reading for reference is actively encouraged.\u00a0 Teaching our children to read well is of prime importance to us and we use a variety of approaches to ensure success.\u00a0 Each day, every class has an opportunity for a period of quiet \u201creading for pleasure\u201d as well as being read to them by their teacher.<\/div>\n
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Writing is taught systematically at each level to enable children to write in a variety of contexts across the curriculum. Our approach to writing is through ‘Big Writing’.<\/p>\n

French is taught from Primary 1 to Primary 7 (L2).<\/p>\n

In addition to this Spanish is also taught in Primary 5 and Primary 6 (L3), Italian is taught in Primary 7 (L3).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The development of literacy skills plays an important role in all learning. The pupils in St. Anne\u2019s will develop their literacy skills by having the opportunity to: \u2022 communicate, collaborate and build relationships; \u2022 reflect on and explain literacy and thinking skills, using feedback to help improve and progress; \u2022 engage with and create a … Continue reading Literacy and Languages<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4493,"featured_media":0,"parent":246,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-295","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stannes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stannes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stannes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stannes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stannes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stannes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4078,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stannes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/295\/revisions\/4078"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stannes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/stannes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}