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Immersion activities. How can children access stories, poems and other texts if their minds and
imaginations not fully engaged? We have found that immersing children in a range of creative activities before
reading the text means that they are fully prepared, and excited, about the reading journey ahead of them.
Through painting, music composition, a film project, in role drama or sculpture, the kids have had a chance to
share vocabulary, ideas and concepts which gives their reading fresh meaning and purpose.
2.
Clear purpose. What's the point of reading and writing anything if you don't know why you're doing
it? We aim to provide children with a clear purpose to all reading, and especially writing tasks. Whether it's an
invitation to the head teacher to attend a class assembly, an email to an author or an article for a school
newspaper, our children know why the quality of their writing matters: because there will be a real audience
for their published work.
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Professional publishing. One effective way of valuing children's work as well as providing a real
incentive, is to plan for a range of ways to publish their writing. Recent examples include a whole school
bookmaking project. Following a whole school Inset on bookbinding techniques, every class published their
own shared book; one example being an anthology of short spooky stories composed by year 6. Their stories
were mounted on handmade paper, accompanied with each child's art work (lino cut style prints on metallic
paper) with a dramatic paper cut out front cover. The effort the children put into their work was immense, and
the results were stunning as a result. The anthology has been enjoyed by parents and other pupils and the
children's pride in their work is clear to see.
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Meaningful planning. Where possible, learning in English is linked with subjects within the creative
curriculum we follow: the
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