Partnership Working - What’s Worked for Us Sally Westrope & Nikki Heath Werneth School Stockport

Sally Westrope & Nikki Heath

Werneth School

Stockport

Aims to share ideas for raising the profile of reading for pleasure to consider our own approaches to developing Literacy Across the Curriculum to share some of our successes in relation to partnership working

to share ideas for raising the profile of reading for pleasure

to consider our own approaches to developing Literacy Across the Curriculum

to share some of our successes in relation to partnership working

The Werneth Context Immediate focus: raising the profile of reading at whole school level Year One: investigating and developing Learning Through Talk Year Two: developing writing across the curriculum

Immediate focus: raising the profile of reading at whole school level

Year One: investigating and developing Learning Through Talk

Year Two: developing writing across the curriculum

Our Own Networks Literacy Trust Local Authority Reading Connects SSAT Local Authority Governors Staff Students Middle Leaders SLA Parents SLT Our Reference Shelf Partnership/Enterprise 338.7

Raising the Profile of Reading Reading in Form Time linked to whole school rewards structure Drop Everything And Read calendar dates Get Caught Reading Rewards “ Rave Readers” Seasonal initiatives - Mystery Christmas Competitions - Guess Who, End2End, Balloon Race, Where Do U Read

Reading in Form Time linked to whole school rewards structure

Drop Everything And Read calendar dates

Get Caught Reading Rewards

“ Rave Readers”

Seasonal initiatives - Mystery Christmas

Competitions - Guess Who, End2End, Balloon Race, Where Do U Read

Reading Connects Governors Staff Students Middle Leaders Parents SLT Our Reference Shelf Partnership Working Partnership/Enterprise 338.7

Raising the Profile of Reading Reading in Form Time linked to whole school rewards structure Drop Everything And Read calendar dates Get Caught Reading Rewards “ Rave Readers” Seasonal initiatives - Mystery Christmas Competitions - Guess Who, End2End, Balloon Race, Where Do U Read? National Initiatives - yearly Readathon, World Book Day, National Children’s Book Week, Roald Dahl Day KS3 Summer Challenges Fit4Reading

Reading in Form Time linked to whole school rewards structure

Drop Everything And Read calendar dates

Get Caught Reading Rewards

“ Rave Readers”

Seasonal initiatives - Mystery Christmas

Competitions - Guess Who, End2End, Balloon Race, Where Do U Read?

National Initiatives - yearly Readathon, World Book Day, National Children’s Book Week, Roald Dahl Day

KS3 Summer Challenges

Fit4Reading

Our Own Networks Local Authority Reading Connects Local Authority Governors Staff Students Middle Leaders Parents SLT Our Reference Shelf Partnership/Enterprise 338.7

Summer Challenges 2006 World Cup Challenge: individual prizes, form prizes, form tutor prizes, FLAGS, video launch, cross-curricular activities linked to SoWs in all subjects 2007 Formula One Challenge: individual prizes, team prize, video launch, inclusion of oracy and numeracy tasks, video launch 2008 Olympic Challenge: individual prizes, group prize linked to reading, video launch, oracy and numeracy tasks as well as design 2009 Challenge: Tour de France Challenge: individual prizes (free choice), group prize linked to cycling, video launch, oracy, numeracy, design, languages, geography etc.

2006 World Cup Challenge: individual prizes, form prizes, form tutor prizes, FLAGS, video launch, cross-curricular activities linked to SoWs in all subjects

2007 Formula One Challenge: individual prizes, team prize, video launch, inclusion of oracy and numeracy tasks, video launch

2008 Olympic Challenge: individual prizes, group prize linked to reading, video launch, oracy and numeracy tasks as well as design

2009 Challenge: Tour de France Challenge: individual prizes (free choice), group prize linked to cycling, video launch, oracy, numeracy, design, languages, geography etc.

Launch Event - Formula 1 Challenge

Future Developments: Harnessing Teenage Technology Podcasting - book at bedtime School Radio - book reviews/interviews Use of Eclipse.net for book reviews Book Crossing Book blogs Accelerated Reader Use of VLE for interest spaces - staff and student reading champions

Podcasting - book at bedtime

School Radio - book reviews/interviews

Use of Eclipse.net for book reviews

Book Crossing

Book blogs

Accelerated Reader

Use of VLE for interest spaces - staff and student reading champions

Writing Across The Curriculum Extended Writing was a whole school focus for the summer term of 2008 and and beyond Focus Weeks for key aspects of technical accuracy One Minute Masterclass podcasts on school website Drop Everything and Write - Michael Rosen poem Drop Everything and Write 2 - your valentine’s verse The Write Path Ultimately all writing styles taught in a uniform way across subjects

Extended Writing was a whole school focus for the summer term of 2008 and and beyond

Focus Weeks for key aspects of technical accuracy

One Minute Masterclass podcasts on school website

Drop Everything and Write - Michael Rosen poem

Drop Everything and Write 2 - your valentine’s verse

The Write Path

Ultimately all writing styles taught in a uniform way across subjects

Our Own Networks Literacy Trust Local Authority Reading Connects SSAT Local Authority Governors Staff Students Middle Leaders SLA Parents SLT Our Reference Shelf Partnership/Enterprise 338.7

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