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Many of the resources in this section have been recommended
to Sue Palmer by primary teachers
Extending Literacy: developing approaches to non-fiction,
David Wray & Maureen Lewis. This excellent book is based
on practical research undertaken by the Exeter Extending Literacy
(EXEL) project. Much of the approaches to modelling reading
and writing that underpin the thinking behind the Literacy
Hour are clearly explained here with many practical examples
from primary classrooms including directed activities related
to texts (DARTS) and writing frames. Cost £13.99.
Routledge (1997). ISBN 0 - 415 - 12830 -7.
Available from NATE Publications, 50 Broadfield Road, Sheffield
S8 0XJ. Tel: 0114 255 5419. Email: natehq@bt.connect.com.
LCP Non-Fiction Reading Cards are a motivating, flexible resource that help pupils develop their non-fiction reading skills. Each card is rich with text, photographs and illustrations perfect for young readers. These child-friendly reading cards offer your children the opportunity to practise skills identified in the NLS non-fiction reading objectives, across all the National Curriculum subjects. There will be an optional CD-ROM available to accompany each box. For more information visit www.lcp.co.uk/index.php or contact LCP Ltd, Hampton House, Longfield Road, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV31 1XB. Tel: 01926 886914. Email: queries@LCPUK.co.uk Read All About It. A CD Rom produced by ActionAid
to support the teaching of non-fiction literacy at KS2. Includes
sections on recounts, non-chronological reports, argument,
instruction and explanation, all drawing on information provided
about Kenya. Cost £15.
Contact: ActionAid Education, Chataway House, Leach Road,
Chard TA20 1FR. Tel: 01460 238000.
Skeleton Poster Books. A set of six poster-size books
by Sue Palmer. These are a superb resource to support pupils'
understanding of the six non-fiction text types both to help
them access text and construct their own text. There are also
similar books to support short stories and diary writing. Cost:
£5.99 each.
Contact TTS Group on 0800 318686.
Surviving the Literacy Hour, ed Mike Hinson. Published by NASEN in 1999 for key stage 1 and 2 class teachers in both mainstream and special schools. It aims to provide guidance about specific aspects of the literacy hour that need to be taken into consideration when working with children with reading and spelling problems. ISBN 190148503X, cost £4.
Contact: NASEN, 4/5 Amber Business Village, Amber Close, Amington, Tamworth B77 4RP. Tel: 01827 311500. Fax: 01827 313005 or visit www.nasen.org.uk
Success in the Literacy Hour, ed Dorothy Smith. Follow up to Surviving the Literacy Hour (see above), pulling together articles from educationalists in different parts of the country, in special schools and mainstream schools, as well as from advisers, learning support staff and researchers. Cost £5.
Contact: NASEN, 4/5 Amber Business Village, Amber Close, Amington, Tamworth B77 4RP. Tel: 01827 311500. Fax: 01827 313005 or visit www.nasen.org.uk
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Blitz! An Early Literacy Intervention. An intensive early literacy programme for children who are experiencing entrenched difficulties in beginning to learn to read and write, including those identified at risk of dyslexia. Each of the four levels of Blitz! includes a resource book with photocopiable lesson plans and activities, a 'Hunt the Letter' alphabet book, 10 books from various reading schemes, and a set of coloured game boards. Starter pack: £93.00.
For information call 01273 814884 or visit www.blitzsite.com.
Boosting reading in primary schools, Ian Enters and
Greg Brooks. Published by the Basic Skills Agency in April
2005, this booklet details a range of approaches that have
proven effective in supporting children who are struggling
with reading - both large-scale general schemes and those
targeted to address specific issues. While the focus is on
reading, many of the schemes listed support language and literacy
as a whole. National Literacy Strategy interventions are not
included on the grounds that they are well-documented elsewhere.
Listings are divided into three categories: schemes delivered
mainly or entirely by teachers or teaching assistants (for
example, Early Reading Research, Family Literacy and Phono
GraphixT); those delivered by adults and peers in partnership
with teachers (Better Reading Partnership, Paired Reading
and Cued Spelling); and those delivered by computers and mediated
by teachers or other adults (AcceleRead AcceleWrite and Aural
Read Respond Oral Write - ARROW). Cost: £5.
Contact Basic Skills Agency Publications on 0870 600 2400
or visit www.basic-skills.co.uk,
quoting reference A1773.
The Catch Up Programme. The Catch Up Programme, based
at Thetford EAZ in Norfolk, is a structured literacy intervention
programme originally developed in partnership with researchers
at Oxford Brookes University. It was originally designed for
children aged seven and eight (Year 3) who have fallen behind with
their reading but has since been expanded to work with children
from six to 11. Training and resources are available, including
materials for work with parents.
Contact: The Catch Up Project, Caxton Way, Thetford, Norfolk
IP24 3SE. Tel: 01842 752297. Email: info@catchup.org.uk.
Website: www.catchup.org.uk
Early Intervention. A boxed set of six booklets and
a video for teachers, covering areas of reading and writing
such as phonological awareness and emergent and early writing,
produced by North Lanarkshire Education Department. Each booklet
contains a section specifically looking at the implications
for bilingual learners and the writing booklet has useful
ideas for encouraging parental involvement. Cost £150.
The Early Intervention Handbook. A guide written for
teachers, nursery nurses and all those involved in fostering
early reading acquisition, based on current research and related
to classroom practice. Cost £9.99. ISBN 1 902299 00
0
Contact: City of Edinburgh Education Publications Department.
Tel: 0131 469 3331.
Key Stage 2: Helping with reading difficulties, Jane
Calver, Sandy Ranson & Dorothy Smith. Publication focusing
on the teaching of reading to the weak or reluctant reader
at key stage 2. It looks at the processes of reading, investigates
identification and assessment strategies, and explores visual,
auditory, language and motivational strategies that can be
used in the teaching of reading. Issues related to the National
Literacy Strategy, organisation, working with parents and
resources are also covered. Cost £8.50.
Contact: NASEN, 4/5 Amber Business Village, Amber Close, Amington,
Tamworth B77 4RP. Fax: 01827 313005. Email: welcome@nasen.org.uk.
Readers who don't ... and how to persuade them otherwise,
Chris Powling. Booklet that explores ways of awakening
children to the pleasures of reading as a way of making the
world meaningful. Cost £3.95.
Contact: Reading & Language Information Centre, The University
Of Reading, Bulmershe Court, Earley, Reading RG6 1HY.
Tel: 0118 931 8820.
Reluctant to Read, Prue Goodwin. Discussion on reluctant
readers, starting from children's own perceptions of learning
to read. Based on research in primary and secondary schools
that was funded by the Cadmean Trust. Published in 1999. Cost £2.95.
Contact: National Centre for Language and Literacy, University of Reading, Bulmershe Court, Earley,
Reading RG6 1HY. Tel: 0118 931 6801. Website: www.ncll.org.uk.
Success for All. Programme of 90 minutes of uninterrupted,
daily literacy from Year 1 to Year 6, with children grouped
across classes and year groups by their reading comprehension
level. More
Supporting Pupils with Special Educational Needs in the
Literacy Hour. Free guide produced by the Government to support the introduction of the literacy hour.
Contact DCFS Publications on 0845 60 222 60. Reference: 0101/2000.
Toe by Toe - diagnostic system for the teaching of
reading. More
What Works for Slow Readers: the effectiveness of early
intervention schemes, by Brooks, Flanagan, Henkhuzens
& Hutchinson. Publication comparing 20 early years
reading intervention schemes that will be useful to those
considering what method would be most effective within their
school. It describes approach, age-range, duration and success
rate. Cost £8 (plus £2 p&p).
Contact the National Foundation for Education Research on
01753 574123.
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National Geographic Windows on Literacy (4-7 years),
published by Rigby. Evaluation packs (available on 30 days'
free approval): Cross Level Guided Reading £125.75;
Cross Level Independent Reading £36.95. A set of graded
non-fiction readers for Reception to Year 2 (P1-3). There
are two sets of texts designed for use in either guided or
independent reading, with a support book for each set in each
year. There are two levels of text for Reception (P1) and
three for each of Y1 and Y2 (P2 and P3). Call 01865 888044
or visit www.myprimary.co.uk.
The National Literacy Strategy Framework for Teaching
Key Stage 1 and 2: Headteachers and Teachers
This document sets out teaching objectives for Reception to
Year 6 to enable pupils to become fully literate. It also
gives guidance on the literacy hour in which this teaching
will take place. Reference Code: DfES 0500/200. Available
from DfES Publications, PO Box 5050, Sherwood Park, Annesley,
Nottingham NG15 0DJ; Tel: 0845 60 222 60; email: dfes@prolog.uk.com.
Pelican Guided Reading and Writing (5-11 years), published
by Longman Primary. Year 1 pack £25.50 (ISBN 0 582 79668
7A). To order a set, contact First Class Ltd at freephone
0800 279 3434. These new books are in addition to the range
of similar fiction and non-fiction titles that already exist
for Years 2-6. There are three fiction and three non-fiction
books in the Y1 set - one of each for every term, each one
being linked to National Literacy Strategy text tests for
that particular term.
British Library education service resources. The British
Library Education Department runs many programmes for schools,
including some that promote an enjoyment of children's books
and reading. Schools may register to receive a free copy of
the Library's newsletter, Sources, as well as the resources
catalogue, Publications for Schools (send A4 SAE to the value
of 26p).
Contact: British Library, Education Department, Euston Road,
London NW1 2DB.
Developing Language and Literacy 3-8. Book covering
all aspects of a language and literacy curriculum for 3-8
year old pupils, including working with bilingual children.
assessment, planning and policymaking. It is a practical guide
to teaching and learning in the early years and includes examples
from the classroom to illustrate particluar approaches and
organisational issues. Cost £14.99.
Available from Sage Publications, 6 Bonhill Street, London
EC2A 4PU. Tel: 020 7374 8471. www.sagepub.co.uk
Developing Literacy in the Early Stages. This holistic
approach to the teaching of literacy has been produced by
Glasgow City Council's education department. It contains guidelines
for good classroom practice, a staff development booklet covering
individual, group and whole-school activities and a video.
Cost £79.95. Distributed by Kingscourt Publishing, PO
Box 1427, London W6 9BR.
Development education resources. ActionAid produces
a range of fiction, non-fiction, multimedia and language resources
for teaching development education and bringing a global dimension
to the literacy hour.
Contact: ActionAid Education, Chataway House, Leach Road,
Chard, Somerset TA20 1FR. Tel: 01460 238000. Email: deved@actionaid.org.uk.
Enquiries into Building Resourceful, Resilient and Reflective
Learners The Cardiff Learning to Learn Project Vols. I,
II and III; from Cardiff schools senior adviser Alice Griffith.
Email: AGriffith@cardiff.gov.uk
for more information.
Graphic novels across the curriculum
Learning and Teaching Scotland has produced a literacy resource which highlights how graphic novels can engage pupils and be used throughout the curriculum. The graphic novels resource is aimed at supporting teachers and librarians in developing their knowledge of graphic novels and understanding their full potential in a classroom/leisure reading situation. www.ltscotland.org.uk/literacy/findresources/graphicnovels/section/intro.asp
Guide to Literacy Resources. Annual guide, covering
both primary and secondary ages, produced by the National
Literacy Association. www.nla.org.uk/resource_list.php
Contact: National Literacy Association, 87 Grange Road, Ramsgate, CT11 9QB Kent . Tel: 01843 239 952
Integrating the National Literacy Strategy with Curriculum
2000. Publication produced by the Literacy Team
at London Borough of Redbridge Advisory and Inspection Service
to show the links in the primary curriculum between subjects
(science, design & technology, geography, art, music and
religious education) and the national literacy strategy for
each year group. Cost £25 (cheques payable to London
Borough of Redbridge).
Contact: Lorraine Dawes, Redbridge Advisory and Inspection
Service, 255-259 High Road, Ilford IG1 1NN. Tel: 020 8708
3241. Email: ldawes@leonet.co.uk.
Literacy goes MADD - linking literacy hour to music,
art, dance, and drama - Jay Matthews - 020 8462 1320 literacygoesmadd@aol.com
Literacy hour. www.literacyhour.co.uk.Suitable
for KS1/2 teachers. Organised into text, sentence and word
level activities, the site has plenty of practical ideas.
KS1 includes coverage of initial, medial and final letter
sounds, phonemes and spelling patterns. KS2 covers compound
words, homonyms, synonyms, prefixes, suffixes and compound
words.
Literacy, the Global Perspectives. Guidelines on global
perspectives in the teaching of the literacy hour. Available
free.
Contact: Development Education Association, 29-31 Cowper Street,
London EC2A 4AT. Tel: 020 7490 8108.
Literacy Training Pack. Produced by DfEE and sent
to every English primary school around May 1998, this is an
excellent resource full of practical suggestions. It includes
many references to other useful resources for the Hour both
at the bottom of the resource sheets and in the appendices
to the teachers' notes.
Literacy:
What Works? by Sue Palmer and Pie Corbett
Make the most of the Literacy Hour. A pack containing
practical advice on: ways to teach reading, phonics, spelling,
and reading for information; how to inspire young authors;
writing frames; good ideas for using big books; and making
the most of the literacy hour. Cost £32.
Contact: Reading & Language Information Centre, The University
Of Reading, Bulmershe Court, Earley, Reading RG6 1HY.
Tel: 0118 931 8820.
Model lessons for year 6 (CDRom). A set of 25 model
lessons, developed as part of a NLS pilot intervention programme
in 5 LEAs, for use with year 6 booster classes in English.
The lessons are available at www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/literacy
or from DfEE publications on CDRom.
Contact: DfEE Publications. Tel: 0845 60 222 60. Fax: 0845
60 333 60. Email: dfes@prolog.uk.com.
Quote reference DfEE 0017/2001.
National Curriculum. The information set out in the
two National Curriculum handbooks can also be found on the
new National Curriculum website. The site went live in November
1999 and will continue to be developed over the following
months to give schools guidance and support. Teachers, parents
and educationalists are invited to contribute their ideas
about how it can be improved. www.nc.uk.net
National Centre for Language and Literacy provides
advice and support to teachers, both member and non-members,
offering access to a permanent exhibition of many thousands
of books on reading, and places on in-service training courses.
However, members have access to additional services such as
regular free books written by experts connected to the centre
(between 6 and 8 per year), discounts on other publications,
and an online service exclusive to members that enables you
to search the catalogue of 15,000 learning resources and take
part in discussions. Cost £35 per year.
Contact: University of Reading, Bulmershe Court, Earley,
Reading RG6 1HY. Tel: 0118 931 6801.
Primary Science and Literacy. Association for Science
Education publication that provides ideas for linking science
and literacy. The material is organised into topic areas loosely
linked to the National Literacy Strategy. Photocopiable resources
for supporting suggested activities are also included. Cost
£15.
Contact: Association for Science Education, College Lane,
Hatfield, Herts AL10 9AA. Tel: 01707 283000. Email: timbarrett@ase.org.uk
Promoting Effective Learning. Publication from Perth
and Kinross Education Services that draws on good theory and
best practice to support effective learning across the curriculum.
It looks at the learning processes of children and addresses
what implications these have for both pupils and teachers.
The implications for whole-school management are also emphasised
throughout. Cost £6.
Contact: Bryan Paterson, Perth and Kinross Education Services,
Blackfriars, Perth, Scotland PH1 5LU. Tel: 01738 476200.
Science & Literacy. This booklet references the
National Scheme of Work for Science (England) and the National
Literacy Framework for KS1 and KS2. For each term of the strategy,
appropriate activities from a variety of science units are
exemplified. The booklet gives a set of examples which
can be used either as part of science activities or within
the hour. Cost £10.
Contact: Kirklees School Effectiveness Service Tel: 01484
225 793. www.kirkleesmc.gov.uk
Teaching Literacy Effectively in the Primary School, David
Wray and Jane Medwell. Book discussing the implications arising
from the authors' research into what constitutes an effective
teacher of literacy. It identifies what effective teachers
know, understand and do which enable them put effective teaching
of literacy into practice, and how these techniques may be
applied by other teachers to improve their teaching of literacy.
Cost £15.99 (paperback).
Published by RoutledgeFalmer, August 2001. ISBN 0-415-23777-7.
The Literate Classroom, ed. Prue Goodwin. Providing
advice and practical suggestions about the teaching
of literacy , with direct reference to recent national initiatives.
Each chapter takes an aspect of literacy and describes how
theory in transformed into realistic learning experiences
in the classroom. Includes chapters on learning to read and
write; developing a knowledge about language; spelling and
handwriting; and responding to literature. Cost £15.
Published by Foultons (1999).
Available from NATE Publications, 50 Broadfield Road, Sheffield
S8 0XJ. Tel: 0114 255 5419. Email: natehq@bt.connect.com.
The Literacy Coordinator's File. Advice on implementing
literacy effectively throughout the whole school, divided
into sections ranging from assesment and recording to Inset
materials. The file built up through subscription with one
issue published each term. Three issues cost £44.50
(quote the reference 'NLT offer').
Contact: pfp Publishing, Customer Services. Tel: 0870 241
0731. Fax: 0870 241 2765.
The Literacy Link, Catherine Cheater & Anne Farren.
Published as part of CILT's Young Pathfinder series for primary
language teachers, this guide provides advice and activities
for integrating modern foreign languages into the primary
school day and using them to enhance literacy development.
It covers a wide range of literacy skills and how they may
be developed: vocabulary extension; confidence with text,
and with listening, speaking, reading, writing; phonological
awareness, phonics and spelling; grammatical awareness; sentence
construction and punctuation; reading comprehension; and writing
comprehension.
Contact: CILT Publications, c/o Central Books, 99 Wallis Road,
London E9 5LN. Tel: 020 8986 4854. Fax: 020 8533 5821. Website:
www.cilt.org.uk.
Use of Language in the National Curriculum, Richard
Bain. Guidance on how to develop a whole school policy in
both primary and secondary schools, providing a step-by-step
guide to identifying the issues in school, organising a working
group, reviewing classroom practice, agreeing priorities and
setting targets for improvement. Includes photocopiable information
and discussion sheets, as well as planning formats to assist
policy development. Cost £3.50.
Published by NATE (1995).
Contact: NATE Publications, 50 Broadfield Road, Sheffield
S8 0XJ. Tel: 0114 255 5296. Email: natehq@bt.connect.com.
Victorian Britain. Key stage 2 resource consisting
of software and online materials, to enable pupils interact
with characters in a Victorian industrial town and develop
their own creative writing, while covering aspects of the
history national curriculum. Cost £99 plus VAT.
Contact: Alive, St Edmund's House, Margaret Street, York YO10
4UX. Tel: 01904 527722. Email: info@alive-uk.com.
Website: www.victorian-britain.co.uk.
'We, the world' activity pack. Designed to support curriculum
requirements for key stage 2 Literacy and Citizenship in England
and Wales, this pack uses the lives of three tribal children
and their communities to teach young people about contemporary
tribal people and some of the issues they face. The pack includes
a teacher's guide containing background information, notes
and details of suggested activities. Single copies of the
pack are available free to teachers, children and parents.
Contact: Survival, 11-15 Emerald Street, London WC1N 3QL.
Tel: 020 7242 1441. Fax: 020 7242 1771. www.survival-international.org
Writing Across the Curriculum, Maureen Lewis and David
Wray. Book containing examples of photocopiable writing frames
to help support learning and scaffold children's non-fiction
writing. Cost £10.50.
Contact: Reading & Language Information Centre, The University
Of Reading, Bulmershe Court, Earley, Reading RG6 1HY.
Tel: 0118 931 8820.
Your Child's Journey: Parents' Guide to the Primary Curriculum
(ages 3-7 or 8-11). DfES guides to the National Curriculum
that cover what children learn at school and suggest
simple things that parents can do to help children learn at
home. The guides are available to schools (from 12 September
2000) to distribute to parents and come with a presentation
which can be used to distribute the guides at parents' meetings.
Quote reference DfEE 0122/2000 (for ages 3-7) or DfEE 0123/2000
(for ages 8-11).
Contact: DfEE Publications Centre, PO Box 5050, Sherwood,
Nottingham NG15 0DJ. Tel: 0845 60 222 60. Fax: 0845 60 333
60. Email: dfes@prolog.uk.com
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Most have been recommended by Sue Palmer following recommendation
by teachers
Big Books. Many publishers produce large size books to provide highly visible text for shared reading with the whole class. They are often accompanied by teacher's notes on ideas for class and group work. Contact individual publishers for details of which titles are available as Big Books - for example, see details of Longman's Pelican series www.pelicanforschools.co.uk. An independent educational supplier may be able to provide you with access to Big Books from a range of publishers.
Easylearn resource materials for beginner readers. Easylearn provides basic literacy and numeracy resources to schools, including magnetic resource materials aimed at beginning readers. They are designed specifically for parents and carers to use at home. Visit www.easylearnathome.co.uk
Fiction in the Literacy Hour, P. Godwin & A. Redfern. Booklet providing suggestions for developing reading through fiction within the literacy hour. It includes a discussion of how the literacy hour is structured and what we know about reading, as well as a series of practical suggestions for working at word, sentence and text levels at key stages 1 and 2. ISBN 0704912686, cost £3.95.
Contact: National Centre for Language and Literacy, University of Reading, Bulmershe Court, Earley, Reading RG6 1HY. Tel: 0118 378 8820. Website: www.ncll.org.uk.
First Steps supports literacy teaching by mapping
the development of pupils, and helping teachers to make decisions
about appropriate and challenging teaching and learning experiences.
The new edition of First Steps is the result of over a decade
of reflection. Contact 01793 787930 or admin@steps-pd.co.uk
Blank fans and fan screws Contact: Red Education Tel:
0191 268 4141
Blank-out tape (DIY cloze) Contact: Gate-Way Products
Tel: 01206 210999
Film Fix (detachable A1 whiteboard sheets) Contact:
Rahmqvist Tel: 01784 439888 (order no 24370)
Individual A4 whiteboards can be a useful resource
in the classroom, particularly for literacy hour work, as
they enable pupils to build sentences by moving words around
and correcting themselves. Home-made versions can be made
easily by using whiteboard markers on laminated A4 card. However,
the Pictorial Charts Education Trust (PCET) supplies manufactured
versions in packs of 30 for £28.78.
Contact: PCET, 27 Kirchen Road, London N13 0UD. Tel: 020 8567
9206. Fax: 020 8566 5120.
TTS Ltd sells sets of 30 A4 whiteboards for £14.95 or
30 sets of individual whiteboards in a plastic folder with
a pen and a board rubber for £35.00.
Contact: TTS Ltd. Tel: 0800 318686. Website: www.tts-shopping.com.
KnowledgeBox Literacy, Longman (Pearson). A collection of teaching resources, which includes written as well as web-based materials including film clips. The aim is to provide an alternative start to a lesson to gathering a class around a big book, and help embed into the curriculum, allowing it to be used as a tool, rather than an end in itself. Visit www.longman.co.uk. Non-fiction in the literacy hour. Prue Goodwin and Angela Redfern, Reading and Language Information Centre. This publication is a source of ideas for teachers on how to incorporate non-fiction into the literacy hour. It is aimed at Key Stages 1 and 2 and examines a range of non-fiction including newspapers with ideas for guided reading and writing. Cost £5.95
Contact: Reading & Language Information Centre, The University Of Reading, Bulmershe Court, Earley, Reading RG6 1HY. Tel: 0118 931 8820. Spellmagic Sticky Foam Letters Contact: Gate-Way Products
Tel: 01206 210999
Yellow Highlighting Tape Contact: Nexus Tel: 0800
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Fridge Magic - literacy fridge magnets
on sale in support of the NLT. A series of chunky
magnets containing the words which every child is encouraged
to learn during their Reception Year, Year 1 and Year
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See also community-wide/outreach
resources
Developing Home Learning in Primary Schools: from policy
to practice. Booklet produced by Lewisham LEA as a result
of the Lewisham Literacy 2000 project to support home school
learning. The booklet provides advice about home school learning
for both parents and teachers, and many of the ideas and suggestions
in the booklet have been used successfully by Lewisham schools.
The booklet was sent free of charge to all Lewisham schools
and is available is buy for £3.50.
Contact: The Literacy Team, Lewisham Professional Development
Centre, Kilmorie Road, London SE23 2SP. Tel: 020 8314 6146.
Pathways to Child Friendly Schools: A Guide for Parents
by Fiona Carnie
This guide has been written to help parents identify what
makes a school child friendly and to support them in finding
ways of becoming actively involved to improve the quality
of life for all. Chapters include: Child friendly schools;
Parent friendly schools; Existing Opportunities for Partnership;
Good Practice Overseas; Parents' Councils or Forums; Alternatives
to Mainstream Schooling. More information isfrom http://www.hse.org.uk/pwp/schools.html
School and Home in Partnership: a practical guide to involving
parents. Resource pack produced by Inverclyde Council
Education Services as a result of its Young Learners Project
working with P1 and P2 pupils. The pack contains a wide range
of photocopiable materials for activities and resources for
including parents. Cost £95 (including p&p).
Contact: Early Intervention, Education Services, Inverclyde
Council, 105 Dalrymple Street, Greenock PA15 1HT. Tel: 01475
712850.
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Baby Talk, by Dr Sally Ward. Published by
Century Books ISBN-0 712 680985
BT Education BT has
set up a website to provide teachers and parents with a range
of easy to use activities to help children develop their speaking
and listening abilities. There are free games, worksheets,
debating exercises and interview practice for both primary
and secondary. Visit www.bteducation.org/
Making the most of speaking and listening in the primary school,
Wendy Bloom.
This handbook, produced by Birmingham Advisory and Support
Service, provides strategies for improving primary pupils'
speaking and listening skills. It is based on the premise
that while a good deal of speaking and listening leads into
or comes from literacy work, oracy for its own sake is vital.
The opening chapter gives a useful outline of how children
develop early language skills from birth to three, not through
structured teaching but as a result of interaction in the
home. Key ingredients for developing fluency are identified,
including having a purpose for communicating, the opportunity
to play with language, being part of a family or community
of talkers and having good models to imitate. It also proposes
questions that primary teachers should ask themselves as a
result: which of these factors do you consider to be most
important and which are provided for well in your classroom?
There follow examples of good practice in speaking and listening
from the primary classroom, and suggested activities to help
pupils to distinguish between the conventions of written texts
and spoken language.
Cost £11.
Call Birmingham Advisory and Support Service on 0121 303 8081.
Teaching Speaking and Listening in the Primary School
by Elizabeth Grugeon et al, published by David Fulton. This
includes up-to-date research, good practical activites and
a useful section on monitoring and assessment.
Speaking, listening and learning: working with children
in key stages 1 and 2. Resource produced jointly in 2003
by the National Primary Strategy and the Qualifications and
Curriculum Authority. It provides a systematic progression
through the four areas of speaking, listening, group discussion
and interaction, and drama. Examples of teaching sequences
are based on a new set of cross-curricular objectives for
speaking and listening in Years 1 to 6. The pack includes
a video, handbook, leaflets and posters.
Available from DfES Publications on 0845 60 222 60.
Talk
to Me!. The Basic Skills Agency has put together a pack
that aims to help encourage parents and carers to develop
children's language skills.
TalkWrite - ALS type lessons for KS1 by NE literacy
consultants - contact Amanda Ackeroyd, Stockton-on-Tees LEA
- 01642 397333
Teaching Speaking and Listening in the Primary School, third edition, Elizabeth Grugeon et al. £17. A new edition of a best-selling textbook in this critical area of primary literacy. Brought fully up-to-date with coverage of the impact of ICT on speaking and listening. Visit www.fultonpublishers.co.uk or call 020 8996 3610 to order. Towards dialogic teaching: rethinking classroom talk,
Professor Robin Alexander. Booklet for teachers outlining
five principles for developing talk in the classroom. According
to Professor Alexander's approach, it should be collective,
reciprocal, cumulative, supportive and purposeful.
Contact: Professor Robin Alexander, University of Cambridge,
Faculty of Education, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2BX.
A Class Act: the role of learning support assistants in primary
and secondary schools. Publication produced by the Association
of Teachers and Lecturers, and published in partnership with
the National Literacy Association, to provide guidance to all
those undertaking learning support work with pupils in schools.
Cost £4.99 (free to ATL members).
Contact: ATL, 7 Northumberland Street, London WC2N 5RD. Tel:
020 7930 6441. Email: info@atl.org.uk.
Breakfast Clubs: A How to... Guide. Guide produced
by the New Policy Institute and Kellogg's to provide comprehensive
information on how to set up and run a club. The guide includes
the prerequisites of a successful club; guidance on how to
seek funding from public sources; an overview of other resources
that are available; and ways to maximise nutritional benefit
and learning opportunities within a club. Available free by
calling 0800 731 1895.
Extra Special. Education Extra's newsletter, produced
termly and sent free of charge to network members. The summer
2001 edition focused on managing study support provision and
sourcing funding. Back issues are available to non-members
for £1.50 each.
Contact: Education Extra, 17 Old Ford Road, London E2 9PL.
Tel: 020 8709 9900. Fax: 020 8709 9933. Email: info@educationextra.org.uk.
Website: www.educationextra.org.uk.
The Study Support Toolkit. This is a vast resource
produced by the DfEE comprising a number of separate publications
which aim to inform, guide and enhance the development of
study support programmes in primary, secondary and special
schools. Their particular focus is to help schools to develop
a strategic approach, linking study support activities with
raising achievement and school improvement. The elements making
up the full toolkit are:
- Study Support: making it work in schools - a large
folder of practical advice in 'modules' to support staff
self development and training to develop or expand study
support programmes
- The Study Support Trainers' Pack
- The LEA Pack
- Introductory Guide for Primary Headteachers (with
CD)
- Introductory Guide for Secondary Headteachers (with
CD)
Areas covered by the toolkit include setting up programmes,
needs analysis, funding, sustainability, partnerships, monitoring
and evaluation, managing, strategic development, training/staff
development, staffing, volunteers, adults other than teachers,
ICT, arts, sport, community partners and research evidence.
Contact the DfEE Publications Centre on 0845 60 222 60.
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Badger Publishing has a range of national test revision
guides for key stages 1 and 2, written by Pie Corbett and Ann
Webley. For information on any of the following publications,
contact Badger Publishing as below.
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Writing: fiction and non-fiction, Year 1 and 2.
KS1 English test revision guide, published in February
2004. The teacher's book with copymasters covers instructions,
reports and recounts for non-fiction, and poetry, planning
writing, stories with familiar settings, traditional
tales, adventure stories and magical stories for fiction.
Cost £19.50.
Writing: non-fiction, Years 3 and 4. KS2 English
revision guide for the optional tests in Years 3 and
4, published in June 2004.
The teacher's book with copymasters covers explanation,
instructions, persuasion, letters, reports, discussion,
recounts and newspapers. Cost £19.50.
Writing: fiction, Years 3 and 4. KS2 English
revision guide for the optional tests in Years 3 and
4, published in June 2004. The teacher's book with copymasters
covers planning, poetry, description (people, place,
objects, events), paragraphs and story sentences, stories
(imaginary worlds, familar setting, traditional, adventure,
mystery), myths and fables, and playscripts. Cost £19.50.
Writing: non-fiction, Years 5 and 6. KS2 English
test revision guide for Years 5 and 6.
Pupil books cost £4.50 each. Teacher's books with
copymasters cost £19.50.
Writing: fiction, Years 5 and 6. KS2 English
test revision guide for Years 5 and 6.
Pupil books cost £4.50 each. Teacher's books with
copymasters cost £19.50.
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Contact: Badger Publishing, 15 Wedgwood Gate, Pin Green
Industrial Estate, Stevenage SG1 4SU. Tel: 01438 356907. Website:
www.badger-publishing.co.uk.
How to Evaluate Education Initiatives. Guide produced
by the DfEE to take schools through the various processes
in a step-by-step approach to evaluation. It includes guidance
on drafting evaluation strategies, defining objectives, gathering
data and reporting findings. Available free.
Contact the DfEE Publications Centre on 0845 60 222 60 quoting
reference HEEI.
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