Literacy and Numeracy
Reading, Literacy and Numeracy are so important – not just in school, but for life beyond the classroom.
Reading and Literacy
Here at Bridlington School we ensure the reading is delivered across the curriculum and students have opportunities to read a range of interesting and evocative texts. We have worked hard to ensure that our reading material is diverse and enables students to access relevant and topical issues. Students will work on their reading skills, such as: reading proficiency, comprehension, analysis and evaluation.
Within the classroom, students will be provided with opportunities to listen to teachers modelling reading. In addition, they will work to improve their own fluency and prosody. Comprehension tasks will be planned in order to ensure that all students have accessed and understood the texts. In English, for example, students will analyse and explore interpretations when reading.
In order to support our struggling readers, we offer a number of interventions (please see the documents linked on this page) and we have reading and literacy tutors, as well as phonics teachers and teaching assistants on hand to provide these.
In order to foster a reading culture, our form tutors model reading to their tutees. We also watch Bit Lit in tutor time, where members of our community share their favourite books. All students have access to our library and to curriculum libraries.
All students will work to improve their oracy in lessons; we will remind them to, ‘say it again, better!’ Students will be introduced to new vocabulary in every subject and we will ensure that students feel confident in using a range of words in speech and in writing. Teachers will make sure that they address mistakes in writing and speech.
Numeracy
Numeracy is just as important. Please see the linked documents to see how we provide intervention for students who may need a little extra help with numeracy. We run a Numeracy 4 Life competition every week to make sure that everyone can use their Maths skills in real – life situations. We are very fortunate to have a Numeracy tutor who supports students from KS3 to A Level Mathematicians, who might just need more time to recap key knowledge and skills. When subjects deliver numeracy tasks, teachers have worked across departments to ensure they do it in the same way.
We have linked our recommended reading list. Please check it out!
Literacy Interventions
In KS3 all students are tested at the beginning of the year using NGRT.
From this we will use standardised scores, along with KS2 data and our internal assessments and data to put in place relevant interventions to ensure that students have the skills to make progress through the KS3 curriculum and beyond.
Fresh Start Phonics is delivered one to one or in a small tutor group to ensure rapid catch up of set sound knowledge. Students will receive 20 minutes a day of phonics tutoring, in addition to a lesson of one hour a week.
Reading Plus is delivered by a reading tutor and students will receive tone hour session per week on a rolling intervention timetable. This can also be accessed at home.
English tutoring is available for students who may have gaps in their knowledge or skills and need extra support with accessing the curriculum. The Director of English will determine who needs this provision.
Each intervention programme tutor monitors and reports progress to ensure that students have the right provision.
Mid way through the year, we retest students using NGRT to track progress and to ensure that the right students are receiving the right interventions.
Please refer to our Whole School Literacy Policy to explore how reading, writing and oracy is supported across the curriculum.
Numeracy Interventions
In KS3 all students with lower than expected KS2 SATS scores are tested at the beginning of the year using SEN-T.
From this we will use standardised scores, along with KS2 data and our internal assessments and data to put in place relevant interventions to ensure that students have the skills to make progress through the KS3 curriculum and beyond.
Numeracy Tuition is delivered one to one or in a small group to ensure rapid catch up of basic numeracy skills. Students may receive 30 minutes to an hour, depending on need.
Numeracy Ninjas is delivered by Maths teachers and consolidates numeracy skills required for KS3 Maths.
Maths tutoring is available for students who may have gaps in their knowledge or skills and need extra support with accessing the curriculum. The Director of Maths will determine who needs this provision.
Each intervention programme tutor monitors and reports progress to ensure that students have the right provision.
Please refer to our Whole School Numeracy Policy to explore how numeracy is supported across the curriculum.
