Reading supports include:

• Effective reading strategies integrated into tasks to develop reading skills
• A dedicated reading unit including over 40 books appealing to this age group as well as engaging group tasks to encourage and promote reading for pleasure

Writing supports include:

• Scaffolded writing tasks (models and writer’s toolkits) that promote the craft of writing
• A skills development approach for writing to analyse, beginning in first year with annotation, quotation and inference skills
• A focus on development of high-level vocabulary throughout

• NEW Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) sections integrated within each unit