Alperton Community School Login OUR SCHOOL STUDENTS PARENTS ADMISSIONS VACANCIES NEWS Helping with literacy At Alperton Community School, our key literacy priorities are to: Narrow the gap between a student’s reading age and their chronological reading age by using Accelerated reader effectively. Ensure that all students write at length in every subject and that the quality of their written work improves over time. To be literate is to gain a voice and to participate meaningfully and assertively in decisions that affect one’s life To be literate is to gain self-confidence To be literate is to become self-assertive Literacy enables people to read their own world and to write their own history Literacy provides access to written knowledge – and knowledge is power. In a nutshell, literacy empowers. OFSTED – Improving literacy in secondary schools: a shared responsibility, April 2013 Further Resources How Can I Help My Child Improve Their Literacy? Commonly misspelled words What Can Parents Do? Generic Literacy Table Mats Keystage 5 & 4 SPaG Placemat Love Reading For Schools Online Resources Literacy hour activities: www.juppfamily.net/learning/literacy Verbs and adverbs quiz: www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ PARENTS INFORMATION PASTORAL CHILD SUPPORT Remote Learning Helping with literacy Engaging with homework Show My Homework Exam information About online safety Safeguarding information Local support services INCLUSION UPCOMING EVENTS 3 Academy Day (no students in school) ACS TWEETS Alperton CSFollow Alperton CS@AlpertonCS·8h Remember this? Sign up to our Alperton Community School alumni network below to reconnect: https://bit.ly/3lP63sb #Brent #Alperton Reply on Twitter 1466413961755209735 Retweet on Twitter 1466413961755209735 1 Like on Twitter 1466413961755209735 2 Retweet on TwitterAlperton CS Retweeted National Online Safety@natonlinesafety·1 Dec Appropriate or inappropriate? Exposure to adult content remains parents' number one #OnlineSafety fear! This #WakeUpWednesday, we explain how to prevent this happening, and how best to respond if it does Download >> https://hubs.ly/Q0103PVx0 Reply on Twitter 1466054835543937030 Retweet on Twitter 1466054835543937030 210 Like on Twitter 1466054835543937030 120 Alperton CS@AlpertonCS·1 Dec All parents and carers of young people between 11 and 17 living in #Brent are invited to attend the Brent Early Help Spring series of parenting workshops. For more information, please click here: https://bit.ly/3xIO3nV Reply on Twitter 1466002379761930242 Retweet on Twitter 1466002379761930242 Like on Twitter 1466002379761930242 Load More... Upper-school site Stanley Avenue, Wembley Middlesex, HA0 4JE Lower-school site Ealing Road, Wembley Middlesex, HA0 4PW Contact: Ms K. Murphy, Office Manager E-mail: office@alperton.brent.sch.uk Telephone: 020 8902 2038 (Switch) Fax: 020 8900 1236 LINKS Admissions Term Dates Our school day ShowMyHomework Parent Pay Vacancies USEFUL INFORMATION How to report an absence? Safeguarding information Apply for free school meals Privacy Policy School website powered by