Roly clever

27th April 2007, 1:00am

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Roly clever

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Literacy Ages 4 to 11

“Write to Roly - the dog with his own website.” That’s the invitation to primary pupils from the 11-year-old labrador (pictured above) whose owner has two children at a Norfolk school.

Roly has his own website (www.write2roly.ik.org) where everyone can read of his adventures: Did he eat 11 fairy cakes all at the same time?

The website has a guestbook and children from reception to Year 6 can write a message to Roly. But as the canine is the school’s punctuation watchdog, he will only publish messages that are written, spelt and punctuated correctly. He also sends a short reply to each correct message.

Children can log on to the website, whether in school or at home, and improve their writing skills. And there is a real incentive to receive a message from Roly.

The website was easy to set up through the free service provided by www.schools.ik.org and is maintained by Roly’s owner

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