Literacy @ Burnhaven
The Technical Bit
Coming Soon – Our Literacy Policy
We plan using the Literacy Experiences and Outcomes
We assess using the National Benchmarks
Writing
We havewriting criteria based on the national benchmarks for when we are looking at writing tasks. Older children use these as checklists as they are writing.
VCOP
We use Vocabulary, Connectives, sentence Openers and Punctuation to make our sentence level writing more exciting which in turn makes our writing more interesting to read. These downloadable mats can give your child ideas if they are writing at home. The idea is to progressively move down the pyramids.
Reading
Sound chart for early phonics
Simon Smith is a Head Teacher who has a passion for reading. He has created reading lists for different school years. He works in England so uses the English system which is roughly works as Y1=P2 and so on (give or take 6 months due to cut off dates.)
Scottish Book Trust Book Lists
Resources from Aberdeenshire Library Service