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Minutes of Faculty Meeting 20th August 2009

August 25th, 2009 · No Comments

Faculty Meeting 20th August 2009
Agenda and Minutes (in Italics)
1.  Literacy Conference – handout Source:  Routman, R.  (2005),  Writing Essentials – Raising Expectations and Standards while Simplifying Teaching, Heinemann, Portsmouth  pp 263 – 266.
RO explained that this small document summarised all the research that supports all the English literacy and Language strategies we apply.
2.  School Literacy [...]

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Literacy Conference Notes

August 18th, 2009 · No Comments

These do not do justice to a really intensive two days and evening delivered by an expert, who knows her subjects and demonstrates teaching strategies, naturally.
Presenter:  Lesley Wing Jan
 These two days have been most intensive.  The most important point is too recognize that there is an expectation that we will have a Literacy Policy, endorsed [...]

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Faculty Meeting Agenda – 20th August 2009

August 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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Faculty Meeting 20th August 2009
 Agenda
 1.  Literacy Conference – handout Source:  Routman, R.  (2005),  Wriitng Essentials – Raising Expectations and Standards while Simplifying Teaching, Heinemann, Portsmouth  pp 263 – 266.
 2.  School Literacy Policy
 3.  Literacy Week
 4.  Texts for 2010
 5.  Suitability of videos
 6.  Videos for [...]

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