1. Literacy at Penryn College
Your child will reflect on their
literacy skills across their subjects,
using their iPad to monitor their progress.
Teachers across all subjects will mark for
literacy, using the same code.
Literacy targets
are a focus across all subjects
Literacy at
Penryn College
Literacy data is updated on students’ VLE
Termly
reading and spelling
age tests to monitor progress
iPads apps are used to develop
literacy skills
Students will receive achievement
points and postcards for showing and improving their
literacy skills, across subjects.

2. What can you do at home to help?
Encourage reading
Make sure your child has a reading book in her/his bag. Life is busy, but routine reading means it’s a habit for life.
Try to make sure your child sees you as a reader and be seen reading.
Use the apps
Help your child upload their weekly spellings or subject key words into the Spellingfree app. This can then help them practise by reading the words out to them and asking them to spell them.
They can also use their Literacy Ladders app to reflect on how to improve their writing across their subjects.
Remind them of their target
Soon, students will be able to log into the VLE and see all of their Literacy information. This will include their personal Literacy target. Remind them of this cross-curricular target when they are doing extended writing for any subjects.
Check their AMs
Students are often given literacy-related AMs from teachers, tutors and the library staff. Check your weekly to see how many of these AMs are related to spelling, reading or writing.
Literacy Coordinator Mrs C Ribenfors for more information: