WORDS UP TRAINING

Following our blog post on the Words Up Key Messages the training delivered by Speech and Language is now open to Early Years Practitioners and Primary 1 Practitioners.

Please apply through the CPD Calendar

On Friday 26 August at 11am the Scottish Book Trust will be broadcasting an Authors Live with Steve Cole from BBC at the Edinburgh Festival. 

Steve Cole is the bestselling author of books including Stop Those Monsters! and Magic Ink. He will be speaking about his hilarious action adventure stories. The event is targeted at P4 – P7 pupils.

CLICK HERE to sign up for Authors Live with Steve Cole

Emerging Literacy during 2016/2017

Welcome back to the 2016/2017 session! We hope you had a great summer break! Emerging Literacy is an Authority development priority within Highland this session. Further training will take place and resources will continue to be published on the Highland Literacy blog.

CLICK HERE to download the August 2016 Emerging Literacy update.

Following our post back in March on Literacy and Communication Skills, a resource has now been published to support schools in shaping Career Management Skills within their Literacy and Health and Wellbeing curriculum at the end of Second Level. The P7 pupils pupils in the Millburn Area School Group (ASG) have been developing oral and written communication skills, research skills, critical thinking skills, the skill of making connections, presentation skills and comparing and contrasting sources through the context of Career Education linked to Developing the Young Workforce (DYW).

Last month Education Scotland  shared the work of the Primary 7 pupils in the Millburn Area School Group (ASG) on the National Improvement Hub: DYW – Interesting Practice: Developing Career Management Skills: Millburn Area School Group.

To access the support resources, click the links below:
Career Management Skills in the Primary School – Overview
Career Management Skills in the Primary School – Overview & Appendices

The Occupational Therapy (OT) Service have created some universal information for staff and families which can be used to support learners. Some of these support materials tie in with the screening criteria within the Pre-School Developmental Overviews:

Overview of Early (3 year old) Pre-school Skills – CLICK HERE
Overview of Pre-school (4 year old) Skills – CLICK HERE

These materials also support the work within the Pre-Handwriting Developmental Continuum.

CLICK HERE – Ball Skills
CLICK HERE – Bottom Wiping
CLICK HERE – Dressing Skills
CLICK HERE – Learning Cutlery Skills
CLICK HERE – Shoelaces

CLICK HERE to download the above resources in a zip folder

Check out the Grammar Practice Park website for interactive games that support the teaching of grammar and sentence structure. Noun Dunk and Punctuation Campground are two favourites.

CLICK HERE – Grammar Practice Park

BBC Bitesize’s ‘The Case of the Missing Head’ is a great context to teach the skills of research, note-taking, analysing sources and summarising to pupils within the Second Level.

There are five sections; each section focused on developing a different skill. The materials come with suggested lesson ideas. Click each of the links below to access the materials.

• Part 1

• Part 2

• Part 3

• Part 4

• Part 5

If you’re teaching learners the skill of sequencing a list of instructions using the vocabulary first, then  and lastly, use the interactive resource to reinforce the concept.

Click the image above to access the Sequencing and Instructions activity.

Check out Chat Stations, an effective way to develop the following Literacy and English Key Themes within Listening and Talking:

• develop and apply knowledge and understanding of language
• find, use and organise information, including developing critical literacy skills
• use reading and listening strategies to understand, analyse and evaluate texts

How could you use Chat Stations in the classroom?

Are you teaching learners how to write balanced arguments within the Second Level? Use the ‘Big Babies Argument’ resource to support the teaching of writing balanced arguments.

CLICK HERE – Writing Arguments BACKGROUND INFORMATION

CLICK HERE – Writing Arguments INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY