1. Supporting Literacy Skills at Home

2. What is Literacy?

3. Why is it Important?
Key priority in the National Improvement Framework.
Responsibility of all.
A 2013 research paper from the Institute of Education at the University of London found that children who read for pleasure made more progress in maths, as well as vocabulary and spelling, between the ages of 10 and 16 than those who rarely read.

4. Skills our Learners Need
Interpret information
Understand often complex information
Summarise information
Find, use and organise information
Give their personal opinion on what they read and listen to
Share their ideas
Present others’ ideas using their own words
Express themselves clearly and fluently
Understand and use subject-specific vocabulary
Make connections between what they read/watch/listen to
Engage with texts to understand new knowledge and concepts
Think critically
Plan extended pieces of writing and write at length
Select appropriate information
Spot bias and persuasion
Research a topic and make notes

5. Practical Strategies - Reading
All reading is good reading!
Subject specific books/ magazines/ blogs
Newspapers
Books as presents
Dictionaries
Specialist vocabulary

6. Reading vs electronics Computer homepage
Question sources of information
Read together
Reading to younger siblings

7. Practical Strategies - Writing
Find new words in reading; use new words in writing
Write for an audience
Diary, stories, poetry, song lyrics to deal with emotions
Positive feedback
Proof-reading

8. Practical Strategies – Talking & Listening
Audiobooks; radio
Let your child teach you something
Verbal summarising
TV adverts
News & current affairs

9. Further Support