English Curriculum

Article 28: Every child has the right to an education

Article 29: Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full

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Reading @ The Acorns

Early reading is developed through a systematic approach to phonics. At The Acorns, we follow the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds systematic and synthetic phonics programme. All children are exposed to high quality texts at a level at which they can read and beyond. Word recognition and comprehension skills are developed through whole class shared reading, small group guided reading and independent reading. In Key Stage 2 the Accelerated Reader system provides detailed tracking and assessment of each child’s reading progress and attainment throughout the year. Pupils are given time across the week to independently read and quiz on the books they have borrowed from the school library. Reading skills are developed in KS2 through shared reading lessons. These sessions largely link to the wider curriculum. One shared reading session per week is dedicated to the class novel. The class novel is read to children daily. We invest in whole class sets of books to make sure the children can read along with the teacher during this time. Class novels are chosen carefully so that pupils are exposed to a wide range of high-quality, diverse texts that focus on important issues.

Writing:

We follow The Literacy Company's Pathways 2 Write planning and resources - see below for our P2W overview. Developing early writing skills is a key goal in our curriculum, with segmenting to spell starting at an early age. Children across the school are taught a wide range of vocabulary, which they use when innovating their writing and can apply independently across a range of contexts.

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