an integrated approach to literacy and numeracy in year 7 ian gerrard ysgol eirias
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Sustainability and the Environment The projectsTRANSCRIPT
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An integrated approach to literacy and numeracy in Year 7
Ian GerrardYsgol Eirias
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• Learners complete eight projects.• Learners work on two projects at a time for a period of eight
weeks.
• Project work will incorporate Level 2 themes, curriculum delivery, literacy and numeracy in context.
• 2 x PE, 2 x MFL, 2 x Welsh, 2 x numeracy and 2 x literacy lessons will be taught individually.
The Year 7 project curriculum
Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri
1 Literacy WelshProject A
Project B
PE2
Project AMFL Numeracy
3Project B
Project A4
Project B5 MFL Welsh6 PE Numeracy Literacy
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Sustainability and the
Environment
The projects
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Intellectual activities
• Enquiry and expression• Reflection • Persistence • Organisation • Reading accurately• Use of written and spoken English • Appreciating and expressing ideas in other languages• Making sense of ideas and data• Using computers to communicate and express • Studying and memorising • Application of knowledge beyond school • Dealing with unpredictable situations
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Promoting literacy skills
• Literacy coordinator– project word lists, writing frameworks
• Communication – group work, assessment for learning, evaluation
• Literacy lessons– transition, spelling, information retrieval, sentences, reading between the lines, writing organisation
• Literacy support • Opportunities to practise application of skills in context• Questioning styles • Cross-curricular discussion• Professional learning community (PLC)
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Promoting numeracy skills
• Application of skills in context• Numeracy lessons• Enrichment club• Liaison with primary schools• Numeracy support• Sixth form and teacher assistant support• Numeracy coordinator
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Assessing literacy and numeracy skills
• Annual reading and spelling test• MidYIS (Middle Years Information System)• Levelling tasks in literacy and numeracy lessons
• Focus on assessment for learning in project learning– spelling– grammar– sentence structure– communication– tables– number bonds
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Involving learners
• Self-evaluation and peer evaluation• Project outcomes• Learners turn teachers• Virtual learning environment (VLE)• Newsletters• Project evaluation and review
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Impact on standards
Year of entry
Entry End of Y7
End of Y8
End of Y9
2011 13.18% 2010 17.57% 5.88% 2009 15.09% 6.22% 6.03% 2008 14.76% 4.05% 1.86% 2.54%
% of learners below levelof functional literacy
School CSI Performance over time (2007–11)