Caroline Walker-Gleaves & David Waugh 
Looking After Literacy 
A Whole Child Approach to Effective Literacy Interventions

This book is about supporting
 all children to overcome 
their individual challenges to literacy.  It is about considering the
whole child when exploring
options for interventions and accepting that many children have more than one need.  It examines the many factors that can contribute to literacy difficulties and highlights the importance of understanding the wider context when considering them.



The text draws on the latest research in education, psychology , neurology and sociology to illustrate how children′s literacy development can be mapped against difficulties in other areas of their lives.  This is a ground-breaking and accessible book for all trainee and existing primary teachers working with young children who are experiencing difficulty with reading, written and spoken language.

Inhoudsopgave

The significance of phonics for ‘catching up’ with reading

Digital stories and becoming someone different

Me, myself, I: using drama to explore self in primary school

The reading and writing environment: literacy grounded in an ethic of care

Starting early – translating literacy into early years interventions

A world full of colours and sounds: using adjectives and adverbs in

The physicality of writing and speaking

Culture and literacy: storying capital and children’s lives

Communication and spoken word

Using multilingual narratives to explore loss and grief

The deliciousness of reading

Over de auteur

David Waugh is a former deputy headteacher who worked in ITT from 1990 at the University of Hull, where he led the PGCE course and became Head of Department. In 2008 he was appointed as one of two (the other being Wendy) National Strategies Regional Advisers for ITT. He is currently lectures at Durham University. He has published extensively in primary English, as well as developing e-learning resources for National Strategies for English, mathematics and mentoring and coaching. David also writes children’s stories, including The Wishroom, which was written with 45 children from 15 East Durham primary schools and published in 2017.