Read, Write, Inc.
The main purposes of Read, Write, Inc. are to teach children to read, accurately and fluently with good comprehension. The programme also develops children's spelling and writing skills. At Strathmore, children across P1 to P4 will follow this scheme of learning. This programme has successfully been used in many schools across Scotland and the rest of the UK. Read, Write, Inc. follows a weekly structured routine in class. The repetitive nature gives them the opportunity to build up confidence and improve key reading skills. Children are regularly assessed in order to establish their progress and be grouped accordingly.
Firstly children learn individual sounds such as; a, b, c. They then move onto learn 'best friends' which are two or three letters that make one sound such as; sh, ch and igh. Early on, children are introduced to Fred the Frog. He is a special frog who only speaks in sounds. This develops children's capacity to blend sounds together and read words.
To accompany the learning of sounds, children experience a range of thought-provoking books that allow them to practise and consolidate the sounds that they have already learned. The books are designed to increase children's fluency, accuracy and comprehension skills.
Writing is a daily part of the programme. During this time, children practise individual letter formation as well as spelling increasingly complex words. Handwriting is taught every day with a focus on pencil control, sitting position and precision. Children are equipped with important skills and strategies to write in different contexts across the curriculum.
Children can now access the Oxford Owl School Portal where they can view video clips and read ebooks to further support learning at home.
Talk for Writing
This writing programme has been developed by Pie Corbett and is used in all classes from P1-7 at Strathmore. Talk for Writing teches children to write a range of different texts across the curriculum.
Class teachers plan Talk for Writing units which follow a consistent structure. Children begin by completing a 'cold task' which is the teacher's initial baseline assessment upon which plannng can be adapted around. Then the 'imitation phase' begins where children learn a model text. Vocabulary, grammatical features and the structure of this model text can be used when children create their own texts. Next is the 'innovation' stage where children adapt the model text with their own ideas. Finally, children complete a 'hot task' where they can showcase their learning over the past several weeks.
This structure is used for both fiction and non-fiction writing.
Voice 21
Strathmore is working alongside Voice 21 who are the UK's oracy education charity. Their mission is to improve children's outcomes through talk. Voice 21 believes that all children should have access to a high quality oracy education. Voice 21 believes that oracy allows education to be accessible to all across all areas of the curriculum.
Strathmore's oracy journey began in 2024 and staff continue to upskill themselves on how to use oracy effectively in the classroom. All classrooms have a copy of the discussion guidelines which are used to promote and encourage discussion between learners.
Read, Write, Inc.
The main purposes of Read, Write, Inc. are to teach children to read, accurately and fluently with good comprehension. The programme also develops children's spelling and writing skills. At Strathmore, children across P1 to P4 will follow this scheme of learning. This programme has successfully been used in many schools across Scotland and the rest of the UK. Read, Write, Inc. follows a weekly structured routine in class. The repetitive nature gives them the opportunity to build up confidence and improve key reading skills. Children are regularly assessed in order to establish their progress and be grouped accordingly.
Firstly children learn individual sounds such as; a, b, c. They then move onto learn 'best friends' which are two or three letters that make one sound such as; sh, ch and igh. Early on, children are introduced to Fred the Frog. He is a special frog who only speaks in sounds. This develops children's capacity to blend sounds together and read words.
To accompany the learning of sounds, children experience a range of thought-provoking books that allow them to practise and consolidate the sounds that they have already learned. The books are designed to increase children's fluency, accuracy and comprehension skills.
Writing is a daily part of the programme. During this time, children practise individual letter formation as well as spelling increasingly complex words. Handwriting is taught every day with a focus on pencil control, sitting position and precision. Children are equipped with important skills and strategies to write in different contexts across the curriculum.
Children can now access the Oxford Owl School Portal where they can view video clips and read ebooks to further support learning at home.
Talk for Writing
This writing programme has been developed by Pie Corbett and is used in all classes from P1-7 at Strathmore. Talk for Writing teches children to write a range of different texts across the curriculum.
Class teachers plan Talk for Writing units which follow a consistent structure. Children begin by completing a 'cold task' which is the teacher's initial baseline assessment upon which plannng can be adapted around. Then the 'imitation phase' begins where children learn a model text. Vocabulary, grammatical features and the structure of this model text can be used when children create their own texts. Next is the 'innovation' stage where children adapt the model text with their own ideas. Finally, children complete a 'hot task' where they can showcase their learning over the past several weeks.
This structure is used for both fiction and non-fiction writing.
Voice 21
Strathmore is working alongside Voice 21 who are the UK's oracy education charity. Their mission is to improve children's outcomes through talk. Voice 21 believes that all children should have access to a high quality oracy education. Voice 21 believes that oracy allows education to be accessible to all across all areas of the curriculum.
Strathmore's oracy journey began in 2024 and staff continue to upskill themselves on how to use oracy effectively in the classroom. All classrooms have a copy of the discussion guidelines which are used to promote and encourage discussion between learners.