Reading and Writing
Reading and writing are key skills that underpin all areas of our curriculum. Please read the attached for more details:
At Heathbrook, we use Letters and Sounds to help us to teach phonics in conjunction with Thrass and Jolly Phonics.
Reading and writing is underpinned by a whole school commitment to oracy. We have worked closely with the Communication Trust to further enhance staff skills and communication-friendly learning environments. To further support children with speech and language difficulties we buy in a Speech and Language Therapist.
Recent Reading and Writing News
All About Kiwis!
This week, we are focusing on non-fiction writing in Literacy. As we are enjoying our class mascot PeeWee so much, we are learning all about Kiwi birds in order to create fact files. We began [...]
World Book Day
World Book Day was a great success across the entire school last week. Linda Jones visited us from The Children's Literacy Charity (Literacy Lab) head office to read to and play games with the children [...]
Fringe Festival – The Heats…..
Year 5 have had an incredible week creating their own acts to perform for the Fringe Festival. They have explored the art forms of dance, drama, mime and gymnastics. One group choreographed a dance to [...]
World Book Day
Fantastic costumes in Year 5 this year!
Fringe Fun
Year 5 are getting expressive, dramatic, acrobatic and creative as they prepare for our Fringe Festival.
Performance Poetry
We are continuing to focus on poetry this week, with a specific focus on the works of Joseph Coelho. We began reading his poem I am a Writer and worked in groups to annotate it, ensuring that [...]