Teaching and Learning
All children have access to reading, writing, phonics/spelling and handwriting lessons. All year groups are taught in mixed attainment groups and differentiation is used to support and challenge. Texts are chosen by staff as a group to ensure coverage across all year groups and to avoid repetition.
Foundation Stage
Foundation stage follows the Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage Curriculum (2017). Phonics is taught in reception using the Little Wandle phonics scheme. Activities and writing experiences are then incorporated into their independent learning time. Some activities are child-led and some are adult led.
Guided reading
Guided reading is taught in all year groups across the school. All teachers use a whole class guided reading approach which includes discrete fluency teaching. These sessions are 30 mins long and use a variety of texts and extracts usually introducing a new text that the children can find in school to re-read.
Text based approach
Texts are chosen by teachers. The text progression document for English is reviewed termly with changes made and discussions had to ensure that the chosen texts are purposeful, engaging and varied. The writing outcomes associated with each text are also reviewed in order to ensure that the children have opportunities to write in different styles, for different purposes and for different audiences.
Equal Opportunities
Throughout the planning stages we ensure that the English curriculum is available to all pupils, with equal and appropriate access regardless of sex, race, faith and disability.
Speaking and listening
Children are given a number of opportunities throughout the year to present on a subject matter to the class. These take the form of powerpoint presentations. This promotes confidence, oral literacy and respect for others and their opinions.
Records and Assessment
Children are assessed formally every long term and data is collected internally. Meetings are held with English lead termly to discuss the lowest 20% attainers, their interventions and the impact that these are having.
Resources
A range of resources are available for the children to access and independence to use them is taught and encouraged by every adult.
