English

In Reading, children are encouraged to develop a love of books and reading for pleasure, and our homework and in-class activities reflect this. Phonics and Spelling are taught based on the ‘Letters and Sounds’ programme and learning is consolidated all the way through to the end of Year 6. We also use ‘Monster Phonics’ as an additional teaching resource.

In Writing, children develop cursive handwriting early on in their school lives, as well as building their creativity and composition for a range of genres. As reading and writing are so closely linked, we use a variety of high-quality model texts to inspire our children’s writing.

The curriculum offer for Reading can be found here.

The curriculum offer for Writing can be found here.

Long term plans for English can be found here.

Short Story Writing

Parent Workshop Handouts

Resources

Web links

• CBeebies Alpha Blocks (Reception) – Stories, games, clips and colouring sheets
• Oxford Owl  – Phonics information, how to’s and clips
• Phonics Games – Lots of fun games
• Storynory – A lovely range of stories to listen to online.
• BBC bitesize KS2 – Help for KS2 reading, writing and SPaG
• KS2 Comprehension – Lots of KS2 English resources here, particularly comprehension questions
• KS2 English Resources – A range of interactive English resources for KS2
• Myths and Legends – A range of interesting stories to read
• Rhyming Dictionary – Just type in the word you would like to rhyme! This is great for vocabulary building.
• Oxford Owl – Useful information about reading and phonics for different ages.
• Bitesize – KS2 Reading Comprehension
• Fun English games – Grammar games
• Topmarks EYFS – A range of interactive games for EYFS
• Topmarks KS1 – A range of interactive English games for KS1
• Topmarks KS2 – A range of interactive English games for KS2
• Purple Mash – Children can use their log-ins from school to access a range of activities and games here