Page 87 - Bellfort Issue 3 2014

Literacy News “My literacy support teacher helped me to un- derstand what my Home Economics teacher wanted in my answers. It was help- ful to have someone to go Between September 2013 over it again after the les- and June 2014 over 260 pu- KS4 pupils were supported son.” pils received Literacy Sup- in all kinds of GCSE ques- port. Mrs Blackadder, Mrs tions from PE to Resistant McKillop, Ms McCune, Miss Materials as these pupils Courtney and Miss Woods worked extremely hard to supported pupils from Year ensure they are getting top 8 right through to Year 14. marks in the longer an- swers in their exam papers. SUMMER 2014 The demand for literacy support remained high AS and A level pupils also with a very large number of received Literacy Support pupils requesting this addi- this year and focused on tional support because exploring strategies that they have seen the im- they can use not only at A- provement it can help level but when they go on them make in their learning university and have to “Literacy support helped across all subjects. study much more inde- me in lots of subjects be- pendently. cause I realised I was going This year the literacy sup- wrong by not reading the port teachers were helping Good communication skills question carefully enough. pupils understand and ap- are essential in all aspects My literacy support teacher ply the skills necessary to of work and life and Dun- succeed at KS3 in Geogra- clug College continues to helped me understand key question words.” phy, History, RE, LLW, Sci- give pupils access to the ence, Home Economics and support they want to help English. It is worth noting them communicate effec- that it has not been only tively. the pupils who have been learning this year—the lit- eracy support teachers now have a much wider general knowledge thanks to the pupils giving lots of information during the sup- port sessions! 87