Global and Communications

English/Literacy:

 

Our principal aim is to develop children’s knowledge, skills, and understanding in English.

 

We do this through providing the children with a wide range of activities which encourage

Speaking and Listening, Reading and Writing.

 

Pupils are provided with opportunities to apply these skills across other curriculum areas.

 

Phonics

 

Phonics is taught predominantly in the Foundation Stage and Key Stage One. The children are introduced to phonics when they start Reception. When they move into Year One and Year Two we teach daily phonic lessons. The children are split into small groups and are taught phonics for 20 mins every day. In school, we use a number of resources to support the learning and teaching of phonics, including Letters and Sounds and Phonics Play.  

 

Reading

We use Oxford Reading Tree in school for our phonetically decodable guided reading books and our home readers.

Our children are encouraged to share books with a grown up from a very early age. When they arrive at school, there will be lots of opportunities to read and share books with others.

To support their learning, the children will bring new books home to share with their grown ups.