What are primary schools like?
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Literacy in primary schools
Children spend one hour each day developing literacy skill. The approach to literacy is similar to that used in D&T. They both use Small Tasks to prepare children for Big Tasks. In literacy the Small Tasks concern the manipulation of complex sentences, the making of a writing frame, the taking of notes, the identification of sounds in words etc. The Big Task is to orchestrate all of these to produce a piece of writing in response to a purpose and audience.
A Science & Engineering Ambassador can make an interesting contribution to literacy work by talking to a class about the sorts of writing scientists and engineers have to do.