Learning
Reading
Our English leads are Mrs McDermott, Miss Manley and Miss Weston.
Mrs McDermott (EYFS and KS1)
Miss Manley (Key Stage 2)
Miss Weston (Reading advocate)
To see all of the exciting things we have been doing, make sure you check out our Twitter page (with lots of our English pictures), which is update daily by our teachers:
https://twitter.com/NorthcoteSch?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
English policy:
Northcote english policy 2017 – 18.pdf
Long Term Curriculum Coverage for each year group
GPS Whole School Coverage
Northcote Whole School Coverage linked to termly tests.pdf
Handwriting Policy
Training Opportunities for Parents
Looking for opportunities to volunteer or to train to support your child with reading? Check out the links below for more details.
The Life Rooms, Everard Avenue- Activities and Courses
The Life Rooms hosts a range of courses to support you with specific skills and overall well being. There are also opportunities to volunteer at the The Life Rooms!
English and Maths courses at the Salvation Army Community Centre, Cavendish Drive
The Salvation Army offers a wide range of courses such as Maths and English, GCSE Maths and English as well as courses in Spanish, Art.
Activities and training at County and Walton Children’s centre
The Children’s centre hosts a whole timetable of activities and courses to help you and your child develop.
Beanstalk Reading Volunteers
If you would like to train as a reading helper in the community, click on the link below for more information.
Shared Reading Facilitator at The Reader- course and groups
The Reader based in Calderstones park offers a range of reading groups for adults and also provides training so that you can lead your own courses in the community.
Welcome to Northcote Library!
Our school library is at the heart of the school building and is a hive of reading activity! It is well stocked with high-quality reading material which is regularly reviewed and updated. Our school library is used for independent reading, class reading activities such as Guided Reading, Reading events and much, much more.