English
What will our literate pupils, authors, editors, copywriters, journalists, tutors, teachers and proof-readers be able to do when they leave us?
We want pupils to be confident and articulate in their use of spoken English, be able to give opinions and views in a confident and articulate way and get their point across to a range of audiences.
We want pupils to leave St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary School as fluent, ambitious and curious readers who will sustain a love of reading forever. Their application of the phonetic knowledge they will have developed will enable them to read and enjoy texts in a range of genres.
We want pupils to appreciate and apply a rich vocabulary and develop a strong understanding of grammar whilst applying creativity using a range of linguistic conventions for reading, writing and spoken language.
Implementation
We implement the curriculum as seen below on the medium term plan.
Impact
We measure the impact of our curriculum through the following methods:
- Summative assessment of pupil discussions about their learning.
- Images of the children’s practical learning.
- Interviewing the pupils about their learning (pupil voice).
- Pupil’s books are scrutinised and there is the opportunity for a dialogue between teachers to understand their class’s work.
- Annual reporting of standards across the curriculum.
English Policy 2021-2024 - see below for appendices
Progression of skills in reading
Progression of skills in speaking and listening
Progression of skills of writing
FOR PARENTS
Helping your child to read and write
Helping your child to read, write and spell
Guide to choosing dyslexia-friendly books
Share books and talk together
Support your child with reading
Recommendations for texts for each year group
Why not look for these texts to help your child?
100 Best Reads - Reception
100 Best Reads - Year 1
100 Best Reads - Year 2
100 Best Reads - Year 3
100 Best Reads - Year 4
100 Best Reads - Year 5
100 Best Reads - Year 6
Non chronological report on a sea creature
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Language is so important in the writing process. Doing a task helps the children to rehearse the sentences.
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Steyning Book Shop visiting on World Book Day
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Buddy Reading
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Buddy Reading
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Drama sessions - encouraging more spoken language in our pupils.
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Paddington Bear Illustrator
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We learnt how to draw Paddington Bear with Bob Alley
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Joshua Seigal came to visit - an inspirational poet visit ready for National Poetry Day
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English working wall example
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English working wall example
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Year 5 writing
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Phonics - consistency in all classrooms
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Year 4 writing
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Reading corners in each classroom
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Emergent writing with our phonics cards to support our learners
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The sequence of writing in each classroom
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First News for those who want to read non-fiction and find out about the world around them
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Recommendations for books in each classroom
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Vocabulary display - the more words we read and use the more we move on!
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English - understanding the process so children can write and make improvements
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Talk for Writing to understand a text - impact on writing and understanding texts as well as learning story language and vocabulary
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Trips to the library for all of KS1, all children got a library card and signed out a book.
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Oliver 2021! Drama , speaking and listening whilst performing to a live audience about a high quality text. Bringing learning to life!
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Oracy - development of orcay and therefore developing confident speakers who are articulate and can talk to a range of audiences
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Defender of the Realm - author visit
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Vashti Hardy - Author visit
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Reading Shack - we always love reading and now we can spend our lunchtime with our head in a book and on a magical adventure!
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Buddy Reading
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Showcasing learning to parents and practising our oracy skills and speaking to an audience.
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Sound buttons support our writing and the process and allow the children to practise sentence construction
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Emergent writing with our phoneme mats
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Retelling the story of the Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch suing story language.
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English working wall -practising the skills and bringing it all together in a final piece of writing
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Drama in class - bringing texts to life and developing oracy for writing.
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Author visit from Tom Vaughan - children love getting their very own book and it inspires them to keep reading.
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A great presentation so that we can become authors and write our own books!
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One of our co- chair of Governors comes in to read with Y2. We are checking that books are carefully matched to the child - successful readers!
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Phonics
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Reading
Pupils will experience a structured journey through a range of books and move towards greater independence in their choice of reading materials by the end of Year 3.
Writing lessons are based on the 'Talk4writing' approach, using model texts to support word and sentence level and including activities to further develop comprehension and understanding.
We promote reading for pleasure as this in itself plays a major role in reading development and promoting reading in this way provides a creative outlet. Teachers act as role models in their enthusiasm for reading and all classes will be read to every day.