{"id":139,"date":"2023-11-22T12:45:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T12:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/burnfootcs\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2023-12-11T10:38:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T10:38:59","slug":"literacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/burnfootcs\/literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Burnfoot Community School understands the need for all pupils to develop their spoken language, reading, writing and understanding of grammar as an essential component of all subjects and as a subject in its own right. A good understanding of Literacy skills is a basis to fully accessing all other areas of the curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Our aims in teaching Literacy are that all children should:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>have an interest in books and read for enjoyment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>read a varied selection of texts whilst gaining an increased level of fluency and understanding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>develop a range of reading strategies for approaching reading: using and<br>applying phonological, contextual, grammatical and graphic knowledge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>use reading as a means of gathering information to support their learning throughout the entire curriculum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>read and write with confidence, fluency and understanding, orchestrating a range of independent strategies to self-monitor and correct<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>write in different contexts and for different purposes and audiences,<br>including themselves<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>write with increasing awareness of the conventions of grammar, punctuation and spelling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>have an interest in words, their meanings and be developing a growing<br>vocabulary in spoken and written forms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>form letters correctly, leading to a fluent and legible handwriting style<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>develop listening and comprehension skills through a variety of means<br>including reciprocal and non-reciprocal situations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>develop their oral abilities at their own level<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>express opinions, articulate feelings and formulate appropriate responses to increasingly complex questions and instructions<br><br>Literacy is taught daily at Burnfoot Community School and much of this work will spring board from using a rich text, with children enjoying a wide and varied range of literature and genres. Key skills in reading, writing, listening and talking will be developed and consolidated upon, before children are then stretched and challenged through a range of exciting learning opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Click below to download our Literacy Handbook to get some more information on our approaches to learning and teaching Literacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/burnfootcs\/uploads\/sites\/3831\/2023\/12\/11103737\/BCS-Literacy-Handbook.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of BCS-Literacy-Handbook.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1adf6bc1-12bf-4545-a0cc-c705842e3b37\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/burnfootcs\/uploads\/sites\/3831\/2023\/12\/11103737\/BCS-Literacy-Handbook.pdf\">BCS-Literacy-Handbook<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/burnfootcs\/uploads\/sites\/3831\/2023\/12\/11103737\/BCS-Literacy-Handbook.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1adf6bc1-12bf-4545-a0cc-c705842e3b37\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burnfoot Community School understands the need for all pupils to develop their spoken language, reading, writing and understanding of grammar as an essential component of all subjects and as a subject in its own right. 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