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Becta - Informing policy

Becta - Informing policy Most of our online resources are now available under the Open Government Licence for anyone to re-use. Find out more. Visit the Virtual School and see real-life uses of technology to improve teaching, learning and management in schools. Visit the Virtual School and see real-life uses of technology to improve teaching, learning and management in schools. Visit the Virtual School and see real-life uses of technology to improve teaching, learning and management in schools. Visit…

Becta Last update: 2011

Pocahontas: Visual literacy – Planning exemplars

This document contains planning exemplars for visual literacy tool Pocahontas. Conducted by Essex LA, it examines how the writing of a group of boys from Year 1 improved with the use of visual and oral approaches to teaching and learning.

The National Strategies Last update: 2011

Raising boys’ achievement in writing: Case study 3

Best practice case study conducted by Medway LA, relating to raising boys’ achievement in writing. This research is based on Year 2 children and aims to evaluate whether drama could influence and impact upon boys’ writing and their approach to writing in general.

The National Strategies Last update: 2011

Raising boys' achievement in writing: Case study - Year 1 'Pocahontas'

Case study looking at raising boys' achievements in literacy through the use of Pocahontas. The class had an even split of boys and girls and an average spread of abilities and needs, though more boys were underachieving as writers. The class had a high percentage of young, summer-born boys. The case study covers: School context; Class context; Reasons for choosing focus children; Reasons for choosing focus objectives, text types and outcomes; Visual strategies used during the project; Impact on children…

The National Strategies Last update: 2011

Pocahontas: Visual literacy – Planning exemplars

This document contains planning exemplars related to Pocahontas which is a visual literacy tool. It examines how shared reading/writing of a group of Year 2 pupils improved by keeping in mind the objectives from half-term plan.

The National Strategies Last update: 2011