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Literacy publications

The following resources are to support the learning and teaching of Literacy.

Early Literacy Support Programme: materials for teachers working in partnership with teaching assistants
The ELS materials have been revised to bring them into line with the objectives in the Primary Framework for Literacy, 2006 and with the recommendations of the Independent Review into the teaching of Early Reading (Rose 2006).

It is aligned with the Primary National Strategy (PNS) publication Letters and Sounds: Principles and Practice of High Quality Phonics (00282-2007BKT-EN) and it is compatible with other approaches to, and programmes for, early reading and phonics, which follow similar principles. More emphasis has been given to reinforcing the systematic teaching of phonics and applying the ‘simple view of reading’.

Early Literacy Support Programme: materials for teachers working in partnership with teaching assistants are available to download from the Standards Site.

Year 3 Literacy Support: Materials for teachers working in partnership with teaching assistants

Year 3 Literacy Support (Y3LS) is a 'Wave 2' intervention programme designed for use in Year 3 for pupils assessed by teachers as being at risk of underachievement and likely to benefit from a limited period of targeted support designed to enable them to reach age related expectations. The materials consist of detailed sessions designed for use by trained Teaching Assistants working in close partnership with class teachers, together with guidance on implementation and pupil progress tracking.

Year 3 Literacy Support: Materials for teachers working in partnership with teaching assistants are available to download from the Standards Site.

Further Literacy Support: Resource pack
The further literacy support pack includes:

  • Teacher's Book containing an overview of the FLS programme
  • Teaching assistants books
  • The FLS Book
  • Homework sheets

Materials from the further literacy support pack are available for download from the Standards Site.

Developing early writing - video with subtitles
This material offers support and guidance for teachers and practitioners but must be viewed in the context of the recommendations of the Rose Report (March 2006) and the renewed literacy framework. The searchlight model of reading has been superseded by the new conceptual framework - the simple view of reading - which is described in detail in Appendix 1 of the report. All references to the 'searchlights' model therefore should be interpreted in the light of the simple view of reading referenced in the Rose Report. See Simple view of reading

This video can be ordered from Teachernet Online Publications for Schools ref: DfES 0056-2001

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Year 6 Literacy booster lessons

PDF 1.7MB

NLS Developing early writing

'NLS Developing early writing' is currently being amended in response to the recommendations of the Rose Report on early reading and the revision of the literacy framework.

PDF 1.2MB

Key Stage 2 Spelling bank

'Key Stage 2 Spelling bank' is currently being amended in response to the recommendations of the Rose Report on early reading and the revision of the literacy framework.

PDF 795KB

Grammar for writing

This material offers support and guidance for teachers and practitioners but must be viewed in the context of the recommendations of the Rose Report (March 2006) and the renewed literacy framework. The searchlights model of reading has been superseded by the new conceptual framework - the simple view of reading - which is described in detail in Appendix 1 of the report. All references to the 'searchlights' model therefore should be interpreted in the light of the simple view of reading referenced in the Rose Report.

PDF 2.0MB

Literacy fliers

This material offers support and guidance for teachers and practitioners but must be viewed in the context of the recommendations of the Rose Report (March 2006) and the renewed literacy framework. The searchlight model of reading has been superseded by the new conceptual framework - the simple view of reading - which is described in detail in Appendix 1 of the report. All references to the 'searchlights' model therefore should be interpreted in the light of the simple view of reading referenced in the Rose Report.

PDF 652KB

Planning across the literacy strands

PDF 83KB RTF 129KB Word 63KB

Literacy across the curriculum

PDF 56.3KB RTF 44.5KB Word 42KB

Paper on improving writing

PDF 70.1KB RTF 104KB Word 75.5KB

Paper on searchlights model

PDF 402KB RTF 2.3MB Word 578KB

Phonics and early reading

PDF 124KB RTF 276KB Word 196KB

Planning in Year 1

PDF 44.9KB RTF 75.4KB Word 29.5KB

Planning in Year 2

PDF 44.1KB RTF 47.8KB Word 29KB

Planning in Year 3

PDF 44.4KB RTF 52.4KB Word 28.5KB

Planning in Year 4

PDF 44.2KB RTF 49.7KB Word 29.5KB

Planning in Year 5

PDF 45.6KB RTF 53.3KB Word 29KB

Planning in Year 6

PDF 46.3KB RTF 81.1KB Word 32.5KB

Progression in discussion texts

PDF 102KB RTF 176KB Word 88.5KB

Progression in explanatory texts

PDF 88.9KB RTF 114KB Word 81.5KB

Progression in information texts

PDF 92KB RTF 194KB Word 63.5KB

Progression in instructional texts

PDF 179KB RTF 266KB Word 71KB

Progression in narrative

PDF 291KB RTF 859KB Word 144KB

Progression in non-chronological reporting

PDF 196KB RTF 284KB Word 69KB

Progression in persuasion

PDF 96KB RTF 156KB Word 93.5KB

Progression in poetry

PDF 207KB RTF 349KB Word 76KB

Progression in recount

PDF 88.9KB RTF 161KB Word 68.5KB

Rationale for planning

PDF 68.9KB RTF 64.6KB Word 46KB

Paper on reading comprehension

PDF 142KB RTF 392KB Word 351KB

The reading environment Year 1 and Year 2

  JPEG 209KB

The reading environment Year 3 and Year 4

  JPEG 192KB

The reading environment Year 5 and Year 6

  JPEG 209KB

The speaking and listening environment Year 1 and Year 2

  JPEG 182KB

The speaking and listening environment Year 3 and Year 4

  JPEG 178KB

The speaking and listening environment Year 5 and Year 6

  JPEG 200KB

Multimodal ICT digital texts

PDF 81.3KB RTF 130KB Word 70KB

The writing environment Year 1 and Year 2

  JPEG 202KB

The writing environment Year 3 and Year 4

  JPEG 194KB

The writing environment Year 5 and Year 6

  JPEG 225KB
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