Our literacy programme at Alderman Payne Primary School uses "Read Write Inc." Phonics, Literacy & Language, and Spelling. These are highly successful literacy programmes for 4-13 year-olds. We differentiate across the school and teach the children in small groups four days a week. on the fifth day they do extended writing with their class teacherAll staff are trained to use this programme in our school.
The "Read Write Inc." programmes are carefully matched to the new national curriculum, giving your children the best chance of success in the national tests. They show teachers, teaching assistants and parents step-by-step how to teach all children to become fluent readers, confident speakers and willing writers.
Our school uses:
Teaching Phonics
Teaching phonics in a rigorous way ensures that children have the building blocks for reading. we weave the reading skills of decoding, comprehension, writing and spelling together and teach a little every day. children are tested every 6 to 8 weeks in the early stages of this programme. any children that have not made progress are given individual tuition to help them to make progress.
We use a system called "Read Write Inc" to teach phonics. If you want to find out more about this system, look at our section "How we teach phonics in detail" and also to explore further ideas about how you can support your child at home, go to http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/parents/
Have a look the videos below too. These will help you to support your child at the early stages of reading.
Parent video: Why read to your child? - YouTube
Parent video: 10 things to think about when you read to your child - YouTube
Parent video: Understanding Phonics - YouTube
Parent video: What is Read Write Inc Phonics - YouTube
Parent video: How to say the sounds - YouTube
sound blending phonics video (oxfordowl.co.uk)
Literacy & Language
As well as teaching a creative approach to writing, we also focus on basic skills. this includes grammar and punctuation. Drama and discussion are an integral part of the programme. This helps children to write more as they have "walked in a characters' shoes"
For information on how to support your child in the Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling tests go to: http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/resources/?q=grammar
Spelling
We teach spelling for fifteen minutes a day from years 2 to 6 introducing spelling rules.To keep children engaged, aliens introduce spelling rules on an exciting online spelling planet and children complete quick-fire activities in their spelling logs. Progress is accurately recorded using practice tests and teachers learn how to move children on quickly.
For more information on Read Write Inc. Spelling go to:https://global.oup.com/education/content/primary/series/rwi/spelling/?region=international
Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.
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