1. Literacy Across Learning Why it is important Summary of agreed actions New materials

2. What has it got to do with me? All practitioners in each sector, in each department and in all settings have a responsibility to develop, reinforce and extend the skills which are set out in the literacy experiences and outcomes Literacy is best taught as part of the subject, not as an add-on add-on Therefore all teachers need to give explicit attention to the literacy needed in the subject they are teaching HMIE may well ask you about a pupil’s progress in literacy.

3. Agreed Literacy Priorities T:/Staff Data/Other Categories/Literacy across learning/Literacy Priorities Grid Business, Computing and Technology (3.02, 3.09) (3.10, 3.01, 3.06) Talking and Listening 3.15 Reading 3.20 3.21-3.24 3.26 3.28 3.29 Writing Presentation Skills “Leading” on an outcome i.e. introducing and teaching the whole outcome and ultimately assessing pupil performance.

4. Literacy Audit A review of where and how often the literacy outcomes are being addressed has recently been undertaken Results are available in the Literacy Across Learning folder: T:\Staff Data\Other Categories\Literacy across learning

5. Editing Code Teachers across the school will use the following code to alert you to errors In basic punctuation and spelling. There will be a code both in the margin and in your piece of writing where the error occurs. MarginText NS A line / by the point at which a new sentence should start. NP A double line // at the point at which a new paragraph should start. Cap A circle around the lower case letter that should be a capital letter or vice versa. SP The incorrect spelling is underlined e.g. skool.

6. Agreed Approaches P urpose A udience L anguage L ayout Every classroom should have a poster displaying the mnemonic. Pupils’ communication skills are enriched/ improved through the use of P.A.L.L.

7. P.E.E. P oint E vidence E xplanation/Evaluation

8. Discussion Towers An audit revealed that discussion skills were widely featured in CfE subject learning outcomes Several subject departments have their own variations of this discussion tower

9. Information Literacy Keys These are prominently displayed around the school Research skills are improved by the use of the keys Feedback from a working group also confirmed that the quality of subsequent presentations were greatly improved as a result of using the information literacy keys Identify key words to help your research.

10. Talk Into Writing Angus Council initiative which is being promoted this session Supports a variety of types of writing A copy is available for each Curriculum Group Reasons for Writing Describe Discuss Express Opinions Entertain Enquire Inform Instruct Persuade

11. Plan Ahead Reconstitute Literacy Across Learning working group. Representative from each CG, ASN, SMT and PT Raising Achievement Review of CG prioritised Literacy outcomes – survey progress. Learning Visits to follow Follow-up audit of use of Information Literacy Keys