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This structured whole-school, whole-class approach promotes the
vocabulary development of all pupils. Words are grouped into three
categories:
1. Anchor Word – pupils have a thorough
understanding of these words.
2. Goldilocks Words – words that are topic speciÞ c and
core to the topic.
3. Step-on-words – words that are particularly topic
speciÞ c and not core to the topic.
Impact
At the time of writing, the full impact of Word Aware has not been
measured. However, following positive staff feedback it is now being
rolled out across all primary classes.
Next steps
To review the impact of Word Aware further and identify pupils
moving into Year 7 who require more support, Gildredge House will
introduce an end of key stage 2 assessment to identify which pupils
are conÞ dent with the selected command words and which pupils
will require further support.
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