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
BREAKING NEWS FROM MESOPOTAMIA!
BREAKING NEWS FROM OUR GUIDED READING GROUP! Our latest reading of Varjak Paw has informed us that mysterious 'vanishings' are occurring all over the city. Cats are repeatedly going missing without a trace. More information [...]
Phonics Meeting
Thank you for attending the curriculum meeting this week on the phonics screening check. As we said in the meeting we want this to be as stress free for the children as possible! You can [...]
Literacy Lab Spring Egg Hunt
This week we were delighted to welcome visitors from Haggie to host a Spring Egg Hunt in our wildlife garden for the children who benefit so much from Literacy Lab (The Children's Literacy Charity).
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 [...]