English

Intent:

At Pennyhill Primary School we believe that a high quality English curriculum will develop children’s ability to read, write, listen and speak for a wide range of purposes, including the communication of their ideas, views and feelings. These important life skills will pave the way for all future learning. We place a high emphasis on early reading including the teaching of phonics, as well as fostering a love of reading for all children.

We follow the National Curriculum 2014 when teaching English and our progression documents can be found below.

Implementation:

Reading:

Early reading is supported through the Little Wandle Letters and Sound validated phonics programme. As a Little Wandle School, our staff are equipped to teach with the expertise and skills required to promote excellent progress, as well as a love of reading.
Across the school, our students deepen their love for reading through a book centred teaching approach
The use of our online reading platform: Big Cat eBooks for children in EYFS/YR1-2, supports reading of decodable texts, giving the opportunity for repetition, practice at home and confidence building
We provide additional reading sessions in the morning for our struggling readers. There are also many opportunities for reading across the curriculum, as well as dedicated ‘end of the day’ readers which promote a range of texts.
Texts are chosen for English units that promote a cross curricular approach, for example: Year 6 study Berlie Doherty’s Street Child as part of their Victorian History unit.

Writing:

When planning literacy lessons, cross curricular links are made to a range of subjects. We teach fiction, non-fiction and poetry, in line with the 2014 National Curriculum.
Comprehension, grammar and writing are embedded in lessons. The text is the driver for all writing genres and lessons are sequenced and build progressively towards an extended piece of writing.
All children are given the opportunity to edit and up-level their writing. Writing sessions give quality time for drafting and redrafting.
Handwriting is also taught within English lessons, and is embedded throughout the day with emphasis on developing or sustaining good penmanship and presentation. All children is expected to demonstrate a high level of pride and presentation across all written outcomes.

For resources to support Implementation, please click on the relevant focus button below.

We encourage our older children to read with our younger children so that they can model good reading practices and spend some quality time with each other reading stories for enjoyment.

Bug Club is used to promote reading books online. Children are able to gain points for the amount of books they read online and how many questions they can answer about the books. We have delivered workshops to parents sharing how to support children when using Bug Club.

English

English

Intent:

We follow the National Curriculum 2014 when teaching English and our progression documents can be found below.

Implementation:

Reading:

Early reading is supported through the Little Wandle Letters and Sound validated phonics programme. As a Little Wandle School, our staff are equipped to teach with the expertise and skills required to promote excellent progress, as well as a love of reading.

Across the school, our students deepen their love for reading through a book centred teaching approach

The use of our online reading platform: Big Cat eBooks for children in EYFS/YR1-2, supports reading of decodable texts, giving the opportunity for repetition, practice at home and confidence building

We provide additional reading sessions in the morning for our struggling readers. There are also many opportunities for reading across the curriculum, as well as dedicated ‘end of the day’ readers which promote a range of texts.

Texts are chosen for English units that promote a cross curricular approach, for example: Year 6 study Berlie Doherty’s Street Child as part of their Victorian History unit.

Writing:

When planning literacy lessons, cross curricular links are made to a range of subjects. We teach fiction, non-fiction and poetry, in line with the 2014 National Curriculum.

Comprehension, grammar and writing are embedded in lessons. The text is the driver for all writing genres and lessons are sequenced and build progressively towards an extended piece of writing.

All children are given the opportunity to edit and up-level their writing. Writing sessions give quality time for drafting and redrafting.

Handwriting is also taught within English lessons, and is embedded throughout the day with emphasis on developing or sustaining good penmanship and presentation. All children is expected to demonstrate a high level of pride and presentation across all written outcomes.

For resources to support Implementation, please click on the relevant focus button below.