Ready Steady Write Excellency - Banks Road Primary School, Garston, Liverpool
At Banks Road, Garston, Liverpool, the dedication to literacy excellence is evident in every classroom, from EYFS up to Year 6. Since adopting Ready Steady Write, the school has witnessed significantly improved outcomes for all children, reflecting the effectiveness of this comprehensive writing program. Scroll on to see how Banks Road has seamlessly integrated our award-winning resource, fostering enhanced writing skills, oracy, and overall literacy development across their entire school.
Find out more about Banks Road Primary School: https://www.banksroadprimaryschoolliverpool.co.uk/
Ready Steady Write engages your youngest writers through musical Story Songs! These songs help children understand the plot and structure of simple stories while developing their oracy and vocabulary.
In Ready Steady Write, every class develops a working wall which their teacher adds to each lesson. These working walls show the writing process, vocabulary explored, spelling rules covered and all other incidental learning. This learning being displayed helps children apply their new skills and knowledge to their final writing outcome.
We Lead on Writing, so that your children can articulate their writing like this! Another snippet of our conversation discussing Ready Steady Write lessons with this fantastic writer.
What an incredible way to celebrate all the Ready Steady Write vehicle texts. We can imagine the children having wonderful conversations as they climb these enchanting stairs. Discussions about texts they've already completed and those they're most excited to delve into next.
Confident Teachers = Engaged Learners. Ready Steady Write is an online resource with everything teachers and leaders need to implement a dynamic, sequenced, and ambitious writing curriculum. All available at the click of a button!
Grammar skills are best learned in the context of purposeful writing. Our Ready Steady Write units are full of opportunities to develop these skills and help children become confident writers.
Inspiring Working Walls
At Literacy Counts, we are proud to see Banks Road Primary School's expert implementation of the Ready Steady Write working walls in every classroom. These meticulously crafted displays adapt daily to teaching, effectively modeling the writing process and providing necessary scaffolds for all students. Each working wall prominently features spelling, vocabulary, grammar, handwriting, and phonics materials, ensuring comprehensive support for writing.
The working walls at Banks Road carefully follow the Ready Steady Write sequence of Immerse, Analyse, Plan, and Write. The visuals to match this sequence are available to download on the membership. This structured approach fosters children's oracy and enhances their writing stamina. Students develop writing independence by regularly referring to these walls, quickly internalising the learning sequence and building on their skills throughout each unit and year group. Banks Road’s commitment to maintaining these dynamic, interactive working walls significantly enhances the literacy development of their students, reflecting the school’s dedication to high-quality education.
If you have further questions about how working walls work within Ready Steady Write, please do not hesitate to contact us. One of our expert consultants will be more than happy to help.
-J Savage, Deputy Headteacher, Banks Road
‘Literacy Counts have transformed the teaching of English at every level in our school (from teaching assistant, teachers to leadership). We cannot praise them enough.’
-C Cooke, Banks Road Primary School
'The online resources were better quality than I could have provided myself, which saved on workload and led to better learning and outcomes.'
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