At Ernest Cookson Shcool, we follow the Read, Write, Inc and Fresh Start programmes to help develop early word reading and transcription at our school.
See more information here.
We follow Literacy Counts for the comprehension and compositional aspects of the English national curriculum. Our boys work through a carefully considered reading spine and engage with high quality texts that inspire, challenge and motivate them to understand their worlds and the world beyond their everyday experiences. We follow the teaching sequence: immerse, analyse, plan and write. This allows our pupils to experience vocabulary and themes they would not normally come across and apply it into their growing understanding of what it means to be an experienced reader and writer.
Useful Links for Parents
Literacy Shed is a great resource for parents to encourage reading at home, it has some great stories to watch or read through with your child and has questions you can ask to test their knowledge about the book.
https://readforgood.org/a-great-idea/
Read for Good is a charity that supplies books and arranges storytelling sessions for children's hospitals. The majority of their donations are made from sponsored 'Readathons'. If you would like to learn more about how your child can get involved, visit the website or call school.
The Storybarn is based in Calderstones Park, it regularly holds fun story time sessions for children aged 3-8 years for only £4 per child. A great place to visit and encourage reading for pleasure.
https://www.thereader.org.uk/getinvolved/joinagroup/
The Reader organises shared reading groups for adults all over the UK, many of these groups take place in Liverpool libraries. Please check the website to find out more information and see if you can attend a reading at your local library.
We are working in conjunction with the Literacy Trust to achieve our reading quality mark.
