There is enormous potential for something really stimulating, enriching and empowering to be developed through Londoners coming together through the Evening Standard’s initiative to overcome the life limiting problem of illiteracy and give every child the hope and opportunity they deserve.
At Thames, we are delighted that Ofsted have pledged to renew their focus on literacy levels in schools. Developing innovative ways of improving literacy is something we are aready doing Thames Christian College and its working. As a school catering for 11 - 16 year olds at Thames we find we regularly take in children from any point from Year 7 to 10 who still really struggle with reading whether due to dyslexia, previous poor teaching, or lack of opportunity. Our well thought out literacy programme identifies children who need additional support from the start. We support these children with small group work and individual tuition. We also promote the right attitudes and motivation for learning in our pupils so that they really see the value of literacy in their lives and believe in themselves. However, we don't just support the weakest students with their literacy we look to improve every students literacy levels by providing everyone with access to support.
In these times of economic pressure we understand how hard it is for schools to make improvements. What we have done at Thames to keep the costs down is to develop an innovative but simple literacy resource pack which is available in every lesson to every student and designed to support and improve literacy in every lesson across every subject. It works."
Ofsted, last year, said our literacy provision was outstanding -
'There is a renewed focus on a consistent whole-school approach to teaching and learning. This is exemplified by outstanding provision for literacy development which is now embedded in teaching across the curriculum' – Ofsted May 2010'
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