Children’s early knowledge of story is the most influential indicator of later educational achievement.
Welcome to the UKLA website
The United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA) is a registered charity, which has as its sole object the advancement of education in literacy. UKLA is concerned with literacy education in school and out-of-school settings in all phases of education and members include classroom teachers, teaching assistants, school literacy co-ordinators, LEA literacy consultants, teacher educators, researchers, inspectors, advisors, publishers and librarians.
We are lively and inclusive subject association whose activities span conferences and professional development activities, publications, research and international projects. We invite you to explore this website and find out more about UKLA. Then, if you are not already a member - come and join us!
New for March
In the second of a two-part article, Marilyn Mottram explains how the Story Spinner described in February’s article had a signifcant impact on children’s writing.
Members can still download previous month’s articles on writing by Ruth Wells, Ros Fisher, Teresa Cremin and Margaret Cook.
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New downloadable materials
The Every Child a Writer (ECAW) programme focuses on developing key aspects of quality whole-class teaching of writing. These surveys are designed to support that process by encouraging teachers to think about their own strengths as writers - and so as writing teachers - and their classroom provision for writing. There are also surveys for pupils to complete which will give teachers a fuller understanding of just what children know about writing. Register or log in to download your copy
Community Cohesion and Primary Literacy
Downloads of example resources for teachers to use in the classroom
UKLA has been part of a CFSA project to identify resources that schools can use in classrooms to promote community cohesion. You can now download a list of resources relevant to primary literacy lessons and ideas on how to use these resources from here. Our thanks to Kim Szymanski for her work on this.
For more examples utilizing other subject contexts for both primary and secondary classrooms visit the CFSA website:
www.subjectassociations.org.uk
Choice and Voice: Reading and Writing for Pleasure and Independence
This exciting and inspirational conference focuses on the significance of children reading & writing for pleasure & independence. More >
National surveys of Primary and of Secondary / Middle / Special / Independent School Libraries
Please help us to build up a full UK picture of school libraries by completing a questionnaire. This work was instigated by the School Libraries Group (SLG) of CILIP (the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) and supported by the School Library Association and CILIP Scotland, with funds provided by the Wendy Drewett Bequest. The survey is being managed by Information Management Associates.
If you have any questions about this survey please contact David Streatfield atstreatfield@blueyonder.co.uk
Surveys: Primary | Secondary, Special, Middle, Independent