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St Mary’s C of E Primary School Burnham on Crouch Talk 5 Writing 15 th June 2010

St Mary’s C of E Primary School Burnham on Crouch Talk 5 Writing 15 th June 2010. Why Talk 5?. Traditionally very strong English results in the school. Gradually noticed a decline. Increase in Additional Needs throughout the school. More children with poor speaking and listening skills.

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St Mary’s C of E Primary School Burnham on Crouch Talk 5 Writing 15 th June 2010

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  1. St Mary’s C of E Primary School Burnham on Crouch Talk 5 Writing 15th June 2010

  2. Why Talk 5? • Traditionally very strong English results in the school. • Gradually noticed a decline. • Increase in Additional Needs throughout the school. • More children with poor speaking and listening skills. • This seemed to be affecting writing in particular.

  3. Key Elements • Book-talk • Writer-talk • Storytelling and story-making • Word and language games • Role-play and drama

  4. Starting out • Introduced Talk 5 with Literacy SL in Yr 4 and also teacher new to Yr 6. • Briefly introduced to all staff • Parents were made aware of the approach • Identified 6 focus pupils in Yr 4 and Yr 6 who were not on track to make expected progress • However the approach was intended to benefit all pupils • Y4 and Y6 started work on 2 traditional tales. • Simple stories with lots of repetition • The children loved it and the teachers were immediately captivated.

  5. Getting everyone hooked! • Full launch with whole staff early in spring term. • Literacy consultant modelling the approach was very helpful. • Staff wanted to see how it was done. • Prove it! • Staff questions about how it fitted in with everything else. • Initial hesitation, but staff were very quickly hooked!

  6. Storytelling 3 steps • Imitation • Innovation • Invention • Bumper Book of Storytelling KS1 and KS 2 by Pie Corbett

  7. Class 4 - The Magic Paintbrush • Learning a story (video) • Create a story map • Rewrite the original • Create own story map • Write own version

  8. Developing the process • Once hooked there was great enthusiasm from staff and children. • Staff meetings used to gather ideas and suggestions. • Class assemblies used to share the process with parents/carers. • Displays around the school promoted the approach.

  9. Future • Agreed to use storytelling approach at least once a year. • National storytelling week February 2011 will be a focus for the whole school. • ‘St Mary’s Dragon’ to be used as a stimulus for different writing styles throughout the school. • Yr 6 children to create a prompt sheet of the actions for all classes. • Increase in role play and drama to be focus of schools literacy development. • Refining group reading to incorporate more ’book talk.’ • Wait for 2010 SAT’s results!

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