English
It is through our use of English that we communicate and connect; using Spoken language, stories and written texts lie at the centre of our culture, helping us to understand and influence the world around us.
Intent
The intent of the English curriculum is:
- to provide a language rich environment that will not only support their learning across the curriculum but also enrich their lives;
- to teach pupils to become effective and competent communicators;
- to teach pupils to write clearly and accurately in order to develop the confidence and skills to write for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences;
- to teach pupils to use grammar and punctuation accurately, together with spelling and cursive handwriting;
- to improve the planning, drafting and editing of pupils’ written work;
- to develop in pupils the confidence, desire and ability to express their views and opinions both orally and in writing.
Implementation
Within Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, the 2014 National Curriculum framework is used as a starting point for creating units that cover narrative, non-fiction and poetry to provide children with a varied curriculum that includes aspects of Speaking and Listening, Reading and Writing.
During Autumn term, pupils from Years 2-6 focus on the fundamental elements of sentence construction and follow the Grammarsaurus Place Value of Grammar & Punctuation units. This is then followed by units which are focussed on the application of these basic skills.
In Year 1, pupils will focus on transcription and oracy skills before they move onto the Place Value of Grammar & Punctuation when they are assessed by the class teacher as ‘Ready to Write’.
Once pupils are secure with the fundamentals are sentence construction, teachers follow and adapt the ‘Read to Write’ scheme of work to suit the individual needs of their class.
Teachers plan different ways to inspire and engage children’s writing and motivate them using the ‘Talk for Writing’ approach (in Years 1-3) alongside the ‘Read to Write’ scheme following the four episodes of learning: Immerse, Analyse, Plan and Write.
Why do we learn to write at school?
- To allows you to get ideas from your brain to another person’s without even meeting them - Writing is magical!
- To communicate.
- To have fun.
- To express yourself.
- To explain our ideas
Which jobs will learning to write help with?
Nearly every job in the world will require you to write.
Specialisms include:
- Author
- Publisher
- Proof reader
- Lawyer
- Editor
- Script Writer
- Poet
- Lecturer/Teacher