English

Welcome to our English subject page. 

We follow a Mastery approach to English through the programme ‘Pathways to Write.’ Units of work are delivered using high quality texts and children in all year groups are given varied opportunities for writing. Skills are built up through repetition within the units, and children apply these skills in the writing activities provided.  Many opportunities for widening children’s vocabulary are given through the Pathways to Write approach and this builds on the extensive work we do in school to provide our children with a rich and varied vocabulary.  

We also use the Pathways to Read programme. Units of work are delivered using high quality texts and children in all year groups are given varied opportunities for reading. Skills are built up through repetition within the units, and children apply these skills in the reading activities provided.  

You will find the end of year expectations for writing, reading and spoken language for each of our year groups in the documents below. 

 If you need any information regarding the English Curriculum please contact Mrs Dunn, English leader. Thanks.

To promote a love of reading, we recommend that you listen to your child read for at least 10 minutes each day to check that they fully understand the story / book that they are reading.  For older children, who are already fluent readers, it is still extremely beneficial to them to read with an adult.  You could do this, with a dictionary, so that your child can look up any new vocabulary.  Thanks for all your support at home.  Mrs Dunn. 

I have listed below some websites that are useful for children when choosing new authors / books.  Reading is a fun journey for children which, once they start, can help them to become readers for life.  Choosing the right author and/or book is crucial to get children excited about reading.  Here are some websites to help.

www.lovereading4kids.co.uk    - free to join, free opening chapters to stories to see if you like before you buy.

www.getepic.com            - download the epic app on any tablet and children can enjoy ebooks for free.

www.booktrust.org.uk     - helpful website which gives advice about suitable books organised by age/genre etc and will also provide you with a list of 100 books children should read before age 14.

If you have any questions about reading or need any help with choosing books, please don't hesitate to pop into school to speak to your class teacher or me.

Hope this helps.  

Mrs Dunn