English
English Aims:
- To provide a broad and balanced English curriculum which addresses the 2014 National Curriculum programme of study
- To enable the children to become confident speakers and listeners
- To develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to become effective and enthusiastic readers
- To enable the children to become increasingly confident when expressing their ideas in a variety of forms involving writing
- To empower the children to understand how the English Language works and the components within it
- To enable the children to become competent spellers
- To enable to the children to develop a legible style of handwriting that is fluent and effective
Head of English - Mrs R Tong and Mrs A Lamb
English Policy currently being updated
Literacy Long Term Plan*
| Subject | Term | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 |
| English | Autumn |
Colourful semantics with Jane Considine Stardust - (Narrative)
How to make a bird feeder (Instructions) |
Planet in a Pickle Jar (Narrative) The Whale (Narrative) Gut Garden (Explanation) Seasons (Poetry) |
The Present (Narrative) Goodnight Mr Tom (Diary) |
Journey to Jo’berg (Narrative) Vikings (Explanation / Persuasive Speech) |
| Spring |
Egyptian Cinderella (Narrative) Street Beneath My Feet (Explanation) |
Theseus and the Minotaur (Narrative) Eyam (Playscript) |
Toto the Ninja Cat (Narrative) The Creature (Newspaper) The Highway-Man (Poetry) |
She Wolf (Narrative) | |
| Summer |
Strange (Poetry) The Gardener (Letters) |
Tetractys (Poetry) Oliver and the Seawigs (Persuasive / Explanation) |
Hatshepsut (Biography) Persuasive Speech |
Macbeth (Setting / Description) How to survive a jungle (Instructions) |
*This plan is a guide and may change during the course of the year