English
Reading and Writing
At Redbridge High School, our aim is to develop reading skills through,
- Developing visual discrimination.
- Extracting information from pictures.
- Discriminating pictures and symbols.
- The reading of common sight vocabulary including identifying pictures, symbols and words.
- Modelling reading and handling of books.
- Relating sounds and speech to letter and letter combinations in reading.
- To use a wide range of reading strategies to decode text, relying mainly on phonics.
Redbridge High School uses a varied selection of reading books, big books, sensory books and ICT materials including interactive whiteboards to provide an appropriate bank of reading materials at all reading ability levels.
Reading at Redbridge takes many forms, from literacy lessons, guided reading, reading for information, reading across the curriculum and reading for pleasure.
Pupils have a library with a variety of books to choose from to match different individual interests, each year a class makes an Amazon Wishlist video to coincide with our Reading Wishlist. Pupils and staff compile a list of books and resources they would like to have in school, to be added to the Wishlist to make reading fun and inclusive for all.
Writing
At Redbridge High School we teach a wide range of reading and visual awareness activities and ensure that pupils cover a similar range of writing and recording activities. The context of pupils reading i.e. sensory stimuli, objects of reference, pictures, photographs, symbols and texts gives structures themes and purpose for their writing and recording, while the focussed teaching of writing and recording skills contributes to the development of their writing.
Redbridge High school uses a varied selection of adapted writing and recording equipment and software, such as StartWrite2, to contribute to the development of the pupils writing skills.
