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Five ideas to get pupils reading

Literacy and numeracy
Promoting reading and improving literacy is an on-going challenge for all primary schools. Deputy head Martin Cooper looks at five approaches that have proven successful at his school

At Mile Oak, we believe that promoting literacy is really one of the most fundamental ways in which we can help children to learn. Literacy runs through every subject and not just English, where literacy is traditionally “taught”. It is at the heart of every subject and its importance cannot be stressed enough. 

The main challenge with a literacy strategy that runs through every part of the school curriculum, is that it can be difficult to implement. By its very nature, it involves so many people and departments and it needs everyone to be on board for it to truly succeed.

We have a range of schemes in place at Mile Oak to ensure that our approach to literacy works. We hope that these might inspire you and your school.

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