Literacy
Literacy Across Learning
“… all teachers have responsibility for promoting language and literacy development. Every teacher in each area of the curriculum needs to find opportunities to encourage 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.”
Building the Curriculum 4
Literacy mornings in Primary
Creating Audio Books in Music
Live Literature
Within Curriculum for Excellence literacy is defined as:
“the set of skills which allow an individual to engage fully in society and in learning, through the different forms of language, and the range of texts, which society values and finds useful.”
Literacy and English/Gàidhlig Principles and Practice
We will develop literacy skills across all curricular areas ensuring that our pupils develop their skills in reading, writing, talking and listening. Learners with specific learning needs will be identified and supported in the development of their literacy skills in consultation with support staff.
communicate, collaborate and build relationships
reflect on and explain literacy and thinking skills, using feedback to help improve and sensitively provide useful feedback for others
engage with and create a wide range of texts (see table below for definition of texts)
develop an understanding of what is special, vibrant and valuable about their own and other cultures and their languages in different media, taking advantage of the opportunities offered by ICT
explore the richness and diversity of language
extend and enrich their vocabulary through listening, talking, watching and reading and the wide range of ways in which they can be creative
develop critical literacy ensuring they can work out where information comes from and whether or not the source is trustworthy
Listening in Gaelic
Reading for Information
Discussions in Maths
Examples of Texts
Novels, short stories, plays, poems, reference texts the spoken word charts, maps, graphs and timetables, advertisements, promotional leaflets, comics, newspapers and magazines, CVs, letters and emails, films, games and TV programmes, labels, signs and posters, recipes, manuals and instructions, reports and reviews, text messages, blogs and social networking sites, web pages, catalogues and directories
Learners should have the opportunities to encounter a wide range of texts across different media.
Respect, Resilience, Confidence, Collaboration and Creativity