St Anthony’s Primary School in Renfrewshire, UKLA’s Literacy School of the Year 2018, situated in an area of economic deprivation, puts the children right at the centre of the curriculum, serving a diet rich in literacy experiences.
There are books everywhere, including a haphazard (and unnervingly tall) stack of children’s books in the head’s office.
Picture books are evident in every class from Reception to Year 6. The school teems with displays of children’s writing and drawings which have evidently been inspired by literature, and the children engage in easy discussions about the books that have been read to them or that they have enjoyed reading.
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