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Strengthening the Teaching and Assessment of Reading A presentation to develop the teaching and assessment of reading
AfL for Literacy Subject Leaders The presentation from the training for subject leaders in Autumn 09, including content on effective feedback and self & peer assessment
APP - Gathering Evidence in Reading This document provides help with gathering evidence in each assessment focus for reading. It gives examples of what form the evidence might take, and suggests a variety of reading journal activities.
Helping Children to Work Independently Tips for encourgaging children to work independently, to allow you quality time with a guided group!
Course Resources Literacy Development Group Meetings - Autumn 09  Materials from the development group meetings for literacy subject leaders, held in October 09
Course details
Details of the following current literacy courses can be found on EIS:
  • Teachers New to Year 6
  • New and Recently appointed Literacy Subject Leaders
  • Creative Approaches to Literacy in Year 5
Primary Framework The Primary Framework for literacy provides teachers with a resource they can use flexibly to support effective planning and delivery: http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/primary/. The following resources are intended to support teachers in planning units of work in literacy. Included is a tutorial on effective planning, as well as example planning grids and complete plans.
This section contains a range of resources and guidance to support teachers in planning and teaching phonics.
Word Versions of Assessment Guidelines
(342 kb zip)
Many teachers have requested up-to-date Word Versions of the Assessment Guidelines for reading and writing, so that they can be electronically highlighted.
Steps in Learning
(24 kb zip)
This folder contains the complete set of steps in learning for strands 9, 10 and11.  These form part of the new Support for Writing materials that can be found on the Primary Framework.
Leading Teacher Support
Literacy leading teachers are able to offer support to schools this year for:
Leading on Learning (New on the Web) These resources will support subject leaders in delivering INSET on the implementation of APP. They include presentation materials and handouts from the training led by consultants in the spring and autumn term.
Latest Newsletter
The newsletter is no longer being sent to schools in paper format due to a move towards the LA policy on electronic communication.  
It can be found on Leicestershire County Council E. I. S.  http://eis.leics.gov.uk
  • You will need your school user name and password.  
  • You can access the newsletter in two ways;
  • go to Recently Added Content (you may need to click on More…)
We have linked to the latest newsletter but in future it will only be placed on E.I.S pages

further information

Contact: English / Literacy Team
Tel: 0116 305 6605
or 0116 305 6337
Email: literacy@leics.gov.uk
Last Updated:
14 January 2010
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