(in England and Wales) a daily reading and writing lesson that was introduced into the national primary school curriculum in 1998 to raise standards of literacy
Examples of 'literacy hour' in a sentence
literacy hour
The government's 'literacy hour', he says, is not working.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
She is scathing about what happens in the government's national literacy hour each day.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There's no structured literacy hour or numeracy hour.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There are plenty of other school-related but non-educational activities, such as travelling, that take up more time than the daily literacy hour.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In fact, free meals did more to improve literacy levels than the nationwide introduction of a compulsory 'literacy hour' in 1998.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
These people were supposed to benefit from the 'rigorous' teaching of the national curriculum, the numeracy hour and the literacy hour.