Kersey CofE Primary School

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INTENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPACT

Intent

At Kersey Primary School we believe that a quality English curriculum should develop children’s love of reading, writing and discussion through the use of inspiring texts and engaging learning journeys that develop key skills within a purposeful context.
Throughout the school, we help children:

  • Read easily, fluently and with good understanding.
  • Develop the habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information.
  • Acquire a wide vocabulary, an understanding of grammar and knowledge of linguistic
    conventions for reading, writing and spoken language.
  • Appreciate our rich and varied literary heritage.
  • Write clearly, accurately and coherently, adapting their language and style in and for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences.
  • Refine and edit writing over time, developing independence in identifying their own areas for improvement.
  • Use discussion in order to learn; they should be able to elaborate and explain clearly their understanding and ideas.
  • Develop the arts of speaking and listening, making formal presentations, demonstrating to others and participating in debate.

Implementation

How is this subject planned?

  • The National Curriculum is taught in
    KS1 and KS2.
  • The Foundation Stage Curriculum is
    taught in the Early Years.
  • Long term plans are used which follow The Write Stuff or Drawing Club (YR only)
  • The long term plans are broken down
    into units of work, based on a wide
    variety of rich text drivers.
  • Unit plans include learning objectives,
    assessment indicators and appropriate activities.

How is this subject taught?

  • Daily English sessions for every year
    group.
  • In KS1 there is a daily phonics session – children are taught in groups.
  • There is a dedicated daily reading
    session for all classes.
  • Adult volunteers and school staff listen to readers regularly.
  • High-quality texts are used throughout the school as stimuli for units of work.
  • Opportunities to teach English skills are promoted across the curriculum. 

 

Impact

How is this subject assessed?

  • Foundation stage levels reported
    How is this subject monitored?
  • Y1 – Phonics test
  • KS1 –Teacher assessment;
  • KS2 – Reading test, grammar,
    punctuation and spelling test, writing
    teacher assessment.
  • Reading will be monitored by teachers using PIRA assessments
  • Progress in phonics and word
    recognition are tested through Little Wandle assessments
  • Children record their work in English
    books at least 3 times a week.
  • Children are regularly given opportunities to write at length.

How is this subject monitored? 

  • The subject leader is responsible for monitoring the planning, teaching and assessment of the subject. This is achieved through book looks, pupil conferencing and questionnaires, discussions with teachers and governors and moderation sessions with other schools.
  • Whole-school text overview documents are used to monitor the breadth, quality and progression of texts.
  • Governors undertake regular monitoring visits in school and update the SGC via visit reports.
  • Assessment data is analysed, reported to governors and used to inform future planning.

KS1 Phonics and Early Reading

We believe the teaching of reading is the most important skill we give our children. As a result, we prioritise this in EYFS and KS1. We use the Little Wandle Letter and Sounds approach to teach early reading.

Writing

The Write Stuff Approach As a school we have adopted “The Write Stuff” by Jane Considine to bring clarity to the mechanics of writing. ‘The Write Stuff’ follows a method called ‘Sentence Stacking’ which refers to the fact that sentences are stacked together and organised to engage children with short, intensive moments of learning that they can then immediately apply to their own writing.

This approach makes sure that all of our children are exposed to high quality texts that stimulate quality responses to reading, high quality writing and purposeful speaking and listening opportunities. Our curriculum ensures that all children have plenty of opportunities to write for different purposes. We encourage writing through all curriculum areas and use quality reading texts to model examples of good writing. Writing is taught through a number of different strategies. We believe that children need lots of rich speaking and drama activities to give them the imagination and the experiences that will equip them to become good writers.

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