Pinfold Primary SchoolEnglish
English Vision Statement
English has a pre-eminent place in education and in society. A high-quality education in English will teach pupils to speak and write fluently so that they can communicate their ideas and emotions to others and through their reading and listening, others can communicate with them. (Department of Education)
English National Curriculum
Children are taught Key Skills in Writing and Reading.
Writing includes narratives, explanations, descriptions, comparisons, summaries and evaluations.
Teaching of Key skills in writing involves:
- Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation.
- Composition.
- Transcription – Spelling & Handwriting.
Children have a balanced curriculum of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
English lessons lasts 45mins approx
Grammar
Pupils are taught Grammar within English lessons.
Phonics
Reception & Year 1 have daily Phonics sessions, taught using Lancashire Red Rose Phonics Schene.
Children who have not achieved Phase 6 by end of Year 2 will take part in interventions in Year 3.
Spellings
Pinfold adopted in September 2016 the No Nonsense Approach to spellings. Pupils from Year 3 to 6 are taught 5 sessions over a two week period, while Year 2 have a daily spelling sessions.
Please see the No Nonsense Spelling Powerpoint for further information.
Handwriting
We use a handwriting Patter with the children to support their handwriting. From Nursery to Year One we teach a pre cursive handwriting style and from Year Two to Year Six we teach the cursive handwriting style (please see links below for the Patter and our Cursive Style). We teach teaching according to a progression of skills from Reception to Year Six. Handwriting is taught twice a week for Year One to Year Six.
Reading
Teaching of Key Skills in Reading involves:
- Word reading.
- Comprehension.
We use Word Sparks reading scheme from Oxford Reading Tree. These books are phonetically decodable for EYFS to Year 2. Books are very carefully matched to children's phonic phases and ability. The books we read in class and send home will include what children have been covering in Phonics that week or the week before. We send home the same guided reading book that children read in class to ensure they have time to consolidate new vocabularly, phomenes and common exception words. This means the book is matched to each child's reading ability. Books are sent home every Thursday and changed weekly.
We read in 4 different ways to support children to read fluenty, easily and with good understanding:
1. Home reading books.
2. Guided reading books - children read three times a week (this can include completing actvities based on the book they read in school that week).
3. Reading for enjoyment.
4. Class Novel/Story.
Children will also read 1:1 with an adult weekly.
Additionally to this EYFS and Year 1 are taught Phonics everyday to support the development of reading.
Written English is extended to topic work and many other curriculum areas in both KS1 and KS2
Common Exception Words:- (see files below) all Children from Year 1 - 6 have key words they need to be able to read and write.
Below you will find the National Curriculum (2014) Statutory Requirements
- Please click here for KS1 & KS2 Primary English Programmes of Study
The complete Curriculum framework can be found on the Department for Education website.
- Please click here for the Curriculum Framework
Useful links