Reading and Writing
Reading and writing are key skills that underpin all areas of our curriculum. Please read the attached for more details:
Reading at Heathbrook Primary School
At Heathbrook, we use Letters and Sounds to help us to teach phonics in conjunction with Thrass and Jolly Phonics.
Writing at Heathbrook Primary School
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
Year 3/4 Literacy Performances
This morning, the three Year 3/4 Literacy classes performed their Talk for Writing actions for the other classes. Talk for Writing has been really useful to try and remember key phrases and useful vocabulary and [...]
Tadpole’s Promise
We have had a wonderful two weeks studying Tadpole's Promise. First of all, it has tied in perfectly with the arrival of tadpoles in our school pond! We were lucky enough to be able to bring some [...]
Magical world of Winnie lands in our playground!
We are very grateful to the Victoria and Albert Museum for donating these stunning (and enormous!) trees from their recent Winnie-the-Pooh exhibition. The children love playing around them and we've had lots of incredible positive [...]
Parents and Carers involved in our Reading Festival
"It was such a thrill to read with the children - it made my day".
The Reading Festival Begins!
To begin our whole school Reading Festival, we shared our favourite books. Here we are with some of best books! We also invited Reception to our classroom and enjoyed 'Buddy Reading'. We [...]