English

All pupils in a cohort are exposed to the same high-quality text in whole class reading lessons.

Lessons provide pupils with the opportunity to read aloud every day to develop their decoding skills, fluency, and prosody. Reading is paused at planned points to check for understanding and ensure comprehension.

Our writing curriculum ensures that pupils can articulate and use different sentence structures, grammar and punctuation in their writing.  The skills are taught at word level and build up until they are being used confidently within a final written outcome.  Pupils are taught to proofread their work and redraft in order to correct and improve their writing.

Speaking and listening is incorporated into all areas of school life.  Tracking the speaker, listening, and asking and answering questions is embedded in every classroom.  Pupils are supported with their oracy development whenever they communicate to ensure that they learn to express themselves fluently and grammatically.