Making whole-school literacy stick

A comprehensive and research-based guide to implementing a whole-school literacy plan of action in any school. Richard Durant, literacy specialist, summarises how to set priorities, and enlist and keep allies to make sure that literacy is more than just a hobby!

Richard details a step-by-step approach to tackling literacy with the support of colleagues, and gives advice on how to address key literacy issues such as:

• spelling words which matter across the curriculum
• writing better sentences
• developing and organising written content
• reading efficiently
• effective research.

Richard's advice accompanies his article, 'Whole-school literacy'.