Overview
English is at the heart of everything we do and is comprehensively covered throughout the curriculum in all lessons. Knowledge and skills are taught through creative and engaging lessons that encourage and inspire children.
The skills that we teach prompt children to be imaginative, curious, adventurous, articulate, reflective and confident learners. Good quality resources are used to support children’s questioning skills, encouraging deeper thinking and a greater depth of understanding.
Reading, writing speaking and listening are delivered across the curriculum, thereby fostering a love for the spoken and written word. Children are encouraged to be reflective talkers as well as reflective thinkers. This is done through discussion, questioning and collaborative experiences. English skills such as spelling, punctuation and grammar are embedded in all that we do. Children learn to write for a range of purposes – for example: instructions; recounts; letters; lists; poems and creative stories.
Throughout the school, pupils have access to a wide range of high quality books genres and texts. They are encouraged to read as much as possible at home and during the school day. All the children have access to our library and each child may take a book home each week.
We teach Phonics from Reception all the way through to Year 2 using Little Wandle Letter and Sounds Revised. Please see our section on Phonics and Early Reading in the Curriculum section. Click on the link below:
We hold parent workshops to share information about the curriculum and the way it is taught in school so that learning may be supported at home, too.
