We are a Literacy Tree School

Literacy Tree is an award winning, book based English curriculum used by many primary schools. It gives us a complete framework for teaching writing using high quality children's books as the core of evry unit.

Literacy tree uses a method called Teach Through a Text, which means:

Everything starts with a great book

Children study rich, diverse, carefully chosen texts. These books become the anchor for:

Writing tasks, vocabulary development, grammar learning and reading comprehension.

This makes learning feel meaningful and connected.

Immersive Learning

Teachers use drama, discussion, debate and roleplay to help children step into the world of books.This builds: Empathy, critical thinking and confidence in speaking and listening.

Purposeful Writing

Children wrie for real audiences and purposes-letters, diaries, reports, stories-based on the text they're studying. This helps them understanding why they are writing not just how.

Integrated Grammar and Spelling

Grammar and spelling are taught in context, meaning children learn them naturally as part of the writing process rather than as isolated lessons.

High Engagement

Because the books are exciting and the activities are creative, children are more motivated to read and write.

How to support your child with writing at home:

1. Read with them not just too them
2. Talk, talk,talk- children write better when they have strong spoken language
3. Make writing purposeful- Children write more willingly when it feels real. Praise the effort and ideas, not just spelling
4. Build a reading rich home
5. Support spelling and phonics
6. Encourage Curiosity
7. Use creativity to strengthen literacy e.g drama and drawing
8. Celebrate progress, not perfection

Grammar Hammer

Each week all pupils complete a grammar test which includes 25 questions based on different elements of grammar. 

Teacher’s mark the grammar hammer, then return it to pupils. At the bottom of the Grammar Hammer sheet,  pupils’ scores are converted into colours…red, yellow and green.  Pupils strive to be green and enjoy beating last week’s score, aiming to get their own personal best.

This helps pupils to retain prior knowledge.