English

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.

The Patron saint of writing is Francis de Sales

The Patron saint of reading is Christina the Astonishing

Our English leader is Miss Armstrong

Our Writing Policy

Our Writing Progression

Our Reading Policy

The importance of reading with your child cannot be underestimated. They gain the love of reading from being read to by parents and carers as young children, to being able to share their reading skills as they become more confident and fluent readers. Here are some tips from Little Wandle for reading at home.

Everybody Read Leaflet For Parents

Our Reading Progression

Our Phonics Progression

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Spelling

In FSU and KS1, we teach spellings by segmenting graphemes (letters) into phonemes (sounds) from c-v-c (consonant-vowel-consonant) words. This develops into words with more complexity with vowel/vowel or vowel/consonant diagraph, trigraphs or quadgraphs. Irregular or ‘tricky’ words as they are known, are taught by recognising the tricky part and learning to read and spell by sight.

In KS2, we teach spellings grouped according to sounds so that pupils continue to apply the phonic knowledge they acquired in KS1 to more complex spellings.

KS2 Spelling Progression