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							LITERACY FOR LEARNING

        Geoff Barton
          Headteacher
     King Edward VI School
        Bury St Edmunds

                         13 September 2012
LITERACY FOR LEARNING
  We are part of the literacy        Literacy is
            club                      taught - it
                                     doesn’t just
     Every                             happen
   teacher in       Basic
  English is a   assumptions
  teacher OF
    English
   (like it or           Literacy today is different
      not)               from when we were younger
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  We are part of the literacy
            club


      We forget our own privilege
      at our peril
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            GUESS
           THE TEXT
             TYPE
                                       1
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            Proud mum in a million
          Natalie Brown hugged her
           beautiful baby daughter
          Casey yesterday and said:
         “She’s my double miracle.”I
                   FIBRES
                                           2
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           The blood vessels of the
        circulatory system, branching
         into multitudes of very fine
         tubes (capillaries), supply all
      parts of the muscles and organs
           with blood, which carries
       oxygen and food necessary for
                      life.
                                            3
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            Ensure that the electrical
         supply is turned off. Ensure the
           existing circuit to which the
          fitting is to be connected has
            been installed and fused in
          accordance with current L.L.L
                wiring regulations
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         Language
          oddities
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       DOGS MUST
       BE CARRIED
         ON THE
       ESCALATOR
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        Please don't
       smoke and live
       a more healthy
            life
     PSE Poster
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        Sign at Suffolk
           hospital:
       Criminals operate
          in this area
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        ICI FIBRES
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           Churchdown parish
               magazine:
        ‘would the congregation
      please note that the bowl at
         the back of the church
       labelled ‘for the sick” is for
        monetary donations only’
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                                Literacy today is different
                                from when we were younger

 •Multi-media dominates
 •Most ‘classic texts’ are known through film
 •Reading extended writing is rare
 •A visual culture dominates
 •The notion of ‘accuracy’ is being challenged
 •None of this is a bad thing
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      Why cross-
      curricular literacy?
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The literacy context ...

  •A 1997 survey showed that of 12 European
  countries, only Poland and Ireland had lower
  levels of adult literacy
  •1-in-16 adults cannot identify a concert venue on
  a poster that contains name of band, price, date,
  time and venue
  •7 million UK adults cannot locate the page
  reference for plumbers in the Yellow Pages
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  • Nearly 40% of pupils make a loss and no progress
    in the year following transfer, related to a decline
    in motivation
  • Pupils characterise work in Years 7 and 8 as
    ‘repetitive, unchallenging and lacking in purpose’
  • “Year 7 adds so little value that actually missing
    the year would not disadvantage some children”
    (Prof John West-Burnham)
BBC NEWS ONLINE:

More than half of British
motorists cannot interpret
road signs properly, according
to a survey by the Royal
Automobile Club.

The survey of 500 motorists
highlighted just how many
people are still grappling with
it.
According to the
survey, three in
five motorists
thought a "be
aware of cattle"
warning sign
indicated …


   an area
   infected
   with foot-
   and-mouth
   disease.
Common mistakes

•No motor vehicles -
Beware of fast motorbikes


•Wild fowl - Puddles in
the road

•Riding school close
by - "Marlborough
country" advert
The single greatest influence on
 learners is teacher expectation

               Sylvester and Levithal 1994
Every teacher in English is a
     teacher of English
                George Sampson, 1921
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      So what’s in it for you …?
      •   Literacy supports learning. Pupils will
          understand and respond better to your
          subject
      •   You’ll see improvements in the quality
          of their work
      •   You’ll see increased motivation,
          especially from boys
      •   Better literacy increases pupils’ self-
          esteem and behaviour. It helps them to
          learn independently
Things you
 could do
Forget
literacy:
 Think
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  T&L
• Shift from T to L
• Think pace & variety
• Be clear about
  satisfactory, good,
  outstanding
Re-think Talk

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• Ask fewer but better
  questions
• Allow ‘rehearsal’ of
  answers
• Model good talk.
Re-think Reading
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• Focus on key
  vocabulary
• Give reading time
• Find alternatives to
  comprehension
• Demystify spelling.
Re-think Writing

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• Be seen writing
• Be explicit about
  conventions
• Emphasise sentence
  variety and
  connectives.
Think IMPACT

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• Less is more
• Focus on team
  targets
• Remember the
  disappeared
• Do something!
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         Geoff Barton
      King Edward VI School,
         Bury St Edmunds




                               13 September 2012