Ms Rees and Mr Pennington, English Leaders.
In English, we aim:
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To enable children to articulate their ideas clearly and audibly in ways which take account of their listeners, making effective use of a widening vocabulary.
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To use talk to explore, develop and sustain ideas.
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To encourage children to listen with interest and understanding, able to comment on a speaker’s use of language.
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To create, share and evaluate ideas and understanding through drama activities.
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To teach children to read fluently and with confidence (initially using their phonic knowledge and skills in blending as a prime approach to decoding.)
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To encourage children to become enthusiastic and reflective readers through varied, challenging and longer texts, able to discuss for example: text structure and organisation and writers’ use of language.
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To provide opportunities for children to write purposefully in a range of genres, often presenting work creatively.
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To help children to see themselves as confident writers with the skills to shape and adapt their writing, making appropriate punctuation, grammatical and stylistic choices.
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To develop the children’s ability to evaluate their own work, using drafting, peer and self-marking to edit and improve their work.
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To tackle the spelling of unfamiliar words confidently, drawing on a range of strategies.
- To use clear, fluent, joined handwriting.
Phonics and Reading Schemes
Since September 2022, we have been using Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised as our phonics scheme.
Documents
- Click here for planning and progression documents in all subjects, including English
- How We Teach Phonics and Reading
- Handwriting Guidance:
- Click here to read our English Policy and our Phonics and Early Reading Policy
- Our Marking and Feedback Policy can also be found on the School Policies Page
