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At Scarning Primary we believe that a quality English curriculum should develop children’s love of reading, writing and discussion. We aim to inspire an appreciation of our rich and varied literary heritage and a habit of reading for pleasure as well as learning, nurturing children who read widely and often. We recognise the importance of building a culture where children take pride in their writing, can write clearly and accurately and adapt their language and style for a range of contexts. We want to inspire children to be confident in the art of speaking and listening and to use discussion effectively and confidently to communicate and further their learning.We believe that children need to develop a secure knowledge-base in Literacy, which follows a clear pathway of progression as they advance through the primary curriculum. We believe that a secure basis in literacy skills is crucial to a high quality education and will give our children the tools they need to participate fully as a member of society. ImplementationThese aims are embedded across our English lessons and the wider curriculum. We have a rigorous and well organised English curriculum that provides many purposeful opportunities for reading, writing and discussion. English lessons are for the most part linked to topics for the term/half-term or linked to specific texts/genres. This helps us to ensure that cross curricular links with concurrent topic work are woven into our programme of study and that children get the opportunities to write in role as experts within other subjects. Our curriculum closely follows the aims of the National Curriculum for English 2014.The national curriculum for English aims to ensure that all pupils:● read easily, fluently and with good understanding● develop the habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information● acquire a wide vocabulary, an understanding of grammar and knowledge of linguistic conventions for reading, writing and spoken language● appreciate our rich and varied literary heritage● write clearly, accurately and coherently, adapting their language and style in and for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences● use discussion in order to learn; they should be able to elaborate and explain clearly their understanding and ideas● are competent in the arts of speaking and listening, making formal presentations, demonstrating to others and participating in debate.
In addition to daily English lessons, children excel in early reading through the use of the Supersonic Phonic Friends phonic programme from reception – year 2. A range of reading skills, as well as a love of reading continues to be nurtured and embedded through whole class reading, guided reading and reading for pleasure in lessons in all year groups across the school. A wide variety of quality texts from different genres are used to engage the children and to expose them to high quality, rich language. We believe it is important that children have an understanding of the relationships between words, word meaning and the etymology and morphology of words. Grammar is taught both explicitly and within context across the curriculum, allowing for revisiting and embedding and ensuring that children are provided with the opportunity to apply the knowledge of grammatical structures and terms into their own writing. Creative writing is embedded in all year groups and texts are chosen to inspire and engage children in writing within all genres. Texts that are rich in high quality language are chosen to widen our children’s vocabulary and enable them to use such words effectively in their own writing. All pupils engage in a fortnightly ‘Big Write’ which sees them apply their creative writing skills independently. Metacognitive strategies such as planning, reviewing and editing are modelled, taught and practised explicitly so that pupils develop as true authors in their own rights.
At Scarning Primary we recognise the importance of building a love for reading and writing and provide a wealth of enrichment opportunities; from celebrating good writing in assemblies, writing competitions, links with the local high schools for reading quizzes, buddy group (across age ranges) reading and writing activities, author visits, speech festivals as well as an annual ‘Snackanory’ (whole school storytelling session). In addition to this we also hold a series of lectures for KS2 that cover the Scarning Concept Threads and give the children a chance to write creatively around important topics of discussion. Whole school debates and enquiry questions within the humanities also give the children a platform for public speaking and decision making. ImpactAs a result we have a community of enthusiastic readers and writers who enjoy showcasing their developing literacy knowledge and skills across the whole of the curriculum. They are confident to take risks in their reading and writing, and love to discuss and share their ideas. Our pupils are confident in sharing their own ideas aloud and are able to appreciate and challenge other people’s ideas in a constructive and supportive way.
In addition to daily English lessons, children excel in early reading through the use of the Supersonic Phonic Friends phonic programme from reception – year 2. A range of reading skills, as well as a love of reading continues to be nurtured and embedded through whole class reading, guided reading and reading for pleasure in lessons in all year groups across the school. A wide variety of quality texts from different genres are used to engage the children and to expose them to high quality, rich language. We believe it is important that children have an understanding of the relationships between words, word meaning and the etymology and morphology of words. Grammar is taught both explicitly and within context across the curriculum, allowing for revisiting and embedding and ensuring that children are provided with the opportunity to apply the knowledge of grammatical structures and terms into their own writing. Creative writing is embedded in all year groups and texts are chosen to inspire and engage children in writing within all genres. Texts that are rich in high quality language are chosen to widen our children’s vocabulary and enable them to use such words effectively in their own writing. All pupils engage in a fortnightly ‘Big Write’ which sees them apply their creative writing skills independently. Metacognitive strategies such as planning, reviewing and editing are modelled, taught and practised explicitly so that pupils develop as true authors in their own rights.
At Scarning Primary we recognise the importance of building a love for reading and writing and provide a wealth of enrichment opportunities; from celebrating good writing in assemblies, writing competitions, links with the local high schools for reading quizzes, buddy group (across age ranges) reading and writing activities, author visits, speech festivals as well as an annual ‘Snackanory’ (whole school storytelling session). In addition to this we also hold a series of lectures for KS2 that cover the Scarning Concept Threads and give the children a chance to write creatively around important topics of discussion. Whole school debates and enquiry questions within the humanities also give the children a platform for public speaking and decision making. ImpactAs a result we have a community of enthusiastic readers and writers who enjoy showcasing their developing literacy knowledge and skills across the whole of the curriculum. They are confident to take risks in their reading and writing, and love to discuss and share their ideas. Our pupils are confident in sharing their own ideas aloud and are able to appreciate and challenge other people’s ideas in a constructive and supportive way.
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