LITERACY AND NUMERACY HARRIS CLUSTER PROJECT DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL READING: THE WRITERS CRAFT 20052006

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LITERACY AND NUMERACY HARRIS
CLUSTERPROJECTDUNDEE CITY COUNCILREADING
THE WRITERS CRAFT 2005/2006
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

• Schools One rural primary and five urban
  schools were involved
• Harris Academy )
• Ancrum Road Primary School )
• Blackness Primary School ) Dundee City Council
• Park Place Primary School )
• Rosebank Primary School )
• Invergowrie Primary School - Perth Kinross
• Harris Academy has 12 members of staff in the
  English department.
• All schools involved have a significant
  multicultural/multilingual
• dimension

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WHAT DID WE WANT TO ACHIEVE?

• READING THE WRITERS CRAFT
• Develop critical friendships
• Extend pupils interactions with texts
• Further develop higher order reading skills P4-S2
• Support teachers in taking forward the Writers
• Craft
• Enhance coherence, progression and continuity
• Improve achievement/attainment

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FIRST STEPS

• Agreed focus through
• Meetings/discussions
• Background reading
• Research
• Input from the Library Service
• Shared development plans
• Identification of resources

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SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

• Classroom Based
• Initial pupil questionnaires
• Trialling Book Detective resources through
  modelling
• Utilising Book Detective roles
• (Book Detective materials Aberdeenshire
  Council)

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SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES

• Home Based
• Parental questionnaires
• Home reading
• Informal discussions
• Written communications
• School Based
• Cross sectoral visits
• Sharing good practice
• Moderation of writing

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EVIDENCE OF OUTCOMES

• Pupils questionnaires (pre post project)
• Parental questionnaires and comments
• Examples of work
• HMIe comments
• Pupils comments
• Uptake of the project in other schools/classrooms
• Pupils have demonstrated increased motivation
• Participation
• Increased personal reading
• Attainment/Achievement
• Home school links