RitW – Year 6 – Skellig by David Almond: Boost

Achieve high-quality reading and writing for ages 4-11. This online series will raise English attainment and transform your teaching of whole texts as you explore classic and contemporary literature. Inside Read in to Writing: ┒ a complete suite of materials that provides schools with a reading rich curriculum for quality teaching of English, from Reception to Year 6. Each unit contains a unit overview, editable course planners, detailed session plans, teaching slides, and a wealth of editable pupil resources. ┒ teaching for carefully selected books that give children a breadth of reading experience, including exploration of themes, philosophical questions, context and children's own experiences. Please note that the accompanying books must be purchased separately via your chosen supplier ┒ delivery of the entire National Curriculum for English, with key objectives for spoken language, reading, grammar and writing identified on the overview and each session ┒ detailed session plans which develop teachers' subject knowledge of English through immersing them in an approach that makes clear how reading and writing are inextricably linked ┒ clear progression within each year and across years, helping to avoid any dips in expectation or outcomes across the primary phase ┒ assessment is built in - 'test-style' questions and opportunities for children to prepare for the test are embedded within the sessions, and for writing, the 'Pupil can' statements from the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 TAFs are explicitly taught Provides unlimited online access to the teaching and learning resources hosted in Boost.