ANDOVER TEACHER LANDS IMPORTANT LITERACY ROLE
A PRIMARY school teacher at Andover School has gained the only available post in an Angus Primary School made available by the Scottish Book Trust.
The post will see her play a pivotal role in furthering the development of literacy at an early age for primary school children.
Forfar-based Lucy Young becomes one of only two teaching professionals in the county to be selected for one of the posts - one at primary level and one at secondary level - and everyone is delighted that the hard work and endeavour she has already put in on similar projects has been rewarded.
Deputy head Karen Kennedy said: "Lucy originally graduated with a law degree but eventually stopped fighting the inevitable and followed the genes of her mother, aunt, brother and cousins and became a primary teacher.
"Like the rest of her family she has a keen personal interest in books and takes part in a book club in her home town, Forfar.
"She has worked in Andover Primary School as an infant teacher in P2/3 class for the last two years, having worked in other schools across Angus.
"In Andover she hosts several out-of-school clubs linked to reading, she is a leader within the reading working group party and promotes an engagement in reading at all levels of the school community.
"Lucy has previously worked with teenagers in education excluded from mainstream school and is especially interested in the creative arts and supporting children with social and emotional challenges.
"She enjoys using picture books and novels within her class to capture children's interest as a context to stimulate and promote pace and challenge as desired by the principles underpinning the Curriculum for Excellence.
"Lucy is excited about the challenges that lie ahead and the support from both Scottish Book Trust and Angus Council in promoting the enjoyment and value of reading for her class and school."
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