English

Intent

• We want children to have a vivid imagination and enjoy all aspects of English.
• Highly developed vocabulary and knowledge of grammar, phonics and spelling.
• Excellent knowledge of techniques involved in reading, writing and communicating.
• An appreciation of the entertainment values of written work.
• A varied and rich reading experience across a range of contexts that develops a love of reading.
• Fluency and accuracy in reading and comprehension.
• An exceptional talent for listening and responding.
• Highly developed ability to tell stories that capture the interests and imagination.
• Confidence to share their ideas and a respect for others opinions.
• Pride in their work and strive for excellence in presentation.

 Implementation

• We use a variety of long-term texts to link to our carefully planned and tailored curriculum.
• Planning differentiated by year group in our mixed age classes
• Purposeful opportunities for reading and writing.
• Specific vocabulary teaching.
• Cross curricular consolidation and links with all subjects.
• Streamed phonics and grammar small group teaching.
• Involvement of specialist drama tuition.
• Drama production.

Schemes

• CLPE planning used a basis for English planning across school.
• Little Wandle Letters and Sounds
• Spelling Shed.
• Collins Big Cat Range

 Impact

•  All children make good or better progress.
• Confident, resilient learners.
• An understanding and tolerance of diversity in our community and the world.
• Rich vocabulary and strong understanding of the English language.
• Children have a love of reading and writing for a purpose, they are fluent readers who seek out different genre of books.
• Children understand the benefits of English and maths in other areas and are ready for the next stage of their education.