Overview
We believe that a high-quality English curriculum should nurture children’s love of reading, writing and oracy. Our carefully structured and ambitious English curriculum provides a wide range of purposeful opportunities for pupils to develop their reading, writing and speaking skills.
Writing lessons are planned and delivered following our writing process:
- Immersion in text and vocabulary
- WAGOLL – look at modelled texts showing age-expected outcomes
- Skills taught – over a series of lessons
- Draft writing – writing the text
- Edit writing – improve and edit pupils’ writing
From nursery, phonics is taught daily through the Read Write Inc. programme, and we are a Ruth Miskin–trained school committed to a consistent, high-quality approach to synthetic phonics. Through daily lessons, targeted support, well-matched home reading books and regular staff training.
In Key Stage 2, daily reciprocal reading sessions develop key reading skills such as retrieval, vocabulary, inference and fluency through fast-paced, in-depth exploration of a wide range of engaging texts. Children are supported through carefully matched reading books, regular assessment, and targeted small-group or one-to-one support, helping all pupils to develop a strong love of reading and achieve age-related expectations.
Year 1
Term 1
- Text: You Choose
- Narrative: story
- Non-narrative: information sentences
Term 2
- Text: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
- Narrative: story
- Non-narrative: instructions
Term 3
- Text: The Gruffalo
- Narrative: descriptive sentences and character description
- Non-narrative: recount event
Term 4
- Text: There’s a Tiger in the Garden
- Narrative: setting description
- Non-narrative: invitation
Term 5
- Text: The Three Little Pigs
- Narrative: story
- Non-narrative: letter writing
Term 6
- Text: Rosie Revere Engineer and poetry
- Narrative: recount diary
- Non-narrative: non-fiction fact file
Year 2
Term 1
- Text: Jack and the Beanstalk and poetry
- Narrative: story
- Non-narrative: instructions
Term 2
- Text: Jim and the Beanstalk and poetry
- Narrative: character description
- Non-narrative: recount event
Term 3
- Text: The Pirate Next Door
- Narrative: setting description
- Non-narrative: non-chronological report and invitation
Term 4
- Text: Ten Delicious Teachers
- Narrative: setting description, character description, and alternative story endings
Term 5
- Text: The Day the Crayons Quit
- Narrative: letter writing, recount diary, and character description
Term 6
- Text: Dear Dinosaur and poetry
- Non-narrative: letter writing and biography
Year 3
Term 1
- Diary
- Instructions
Term 2
- Poetry
- Recount
- Non-chronological report
Term 3
- Narrative flashback
- Biography
- Poetry
Term 4
- Narrative: familiar story
- Recount newspaper
- SPAG
Term 5
- Letters
- Narrative: Story ending
- Non-chronological report
Term 6
- Recount
- Narrative: Iron Man
- Explanation
Year 4
Term 1
- Narrative: character description and setting
- Diary
- Non-chronological report
Term 2
- Poetry
- Recount
- Instructions
Term 3
- Myth narrative
- Recount newspaper
- Diaries
Term 4
- Poetry: Revolting Rhymes
- Biography: Roald Dahl
- Flashback narrative
Term 5
- Persuasion
- Narrative: book based
Term 6
- Recount
- Non-chronological report
- Letters: formal and informal
Year 5
Term 1
- Character description
- Story setting
- Story openers
- Non chronological report
- Poetry
- Narrative (story ending)
Term 2
- Character description
- Story setting
- Story openers
- Non chronological report
- Poetry
- Narrative (story ending)
Term 3
- Narrative: Tuesday and The Highwayman
- Persuasion: phones
Term 4
- Narrative: beginning
- Recount: Trip Advisor review
- Poetry
Term 5
- Discussion
- Interview
- Non-chronological report
Term 6
- Narrative: War Horse setting
- Recount: diaries
- Narrative: War Horse
Year 6
Term 1
- Character description
- Story setting
- Story openers
- Non chronological report
- Poetry
- Narrative (story ending)
Term 2
- Character description
- Story setting
- Story openers
- Non chronological report
- Poetry
- Narrative (story ending)
Term 3
- Narrative: Tuesday and The Highwayman
- Persuasion: phones
Term 4
- Narrative: beginning
- Recount: Trip Advisor review
- Poetry
Term 5
- Discussion
- Narrative: short story
- Non-chronological report: school guide
Term 6
- Narrative: Kensuke Kingdom setting
- Explanation: survival guide
- Biography: Kensuke
- Letter: Kensuke