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Temple Sutton Primary

Temple Sutton
Primary School

English  

At Temple Sutton Primary School  learning English is our highest priority. We believe that learning to read, write and communicate effectively underpins all learning. We provide opportunities for children to view reading as an enjoyable and meaningful activity as well as enabling them to develop their comprehension, inference and thinking skills.

All our children have daily English lesson. There are daily opportunities to practice and enjoy reading including in our structured reading  lessons . Reading occurs at other times of the day too  e.g. we  strongly promote reading and writing across the curriculum so children have a sense of  purpose and can apply their learning. 

We  teach all our children to become effective communicators, working with them on their speaking skills in a range of contexts so that they can express themselves with clarity and confidence. Our staff value the importance of speech and language development and are supported to articulate clearly with close attention to accurate grammar and pronunciation in speech  at all times of the school day.

Writing

Writing is always underpinned by experience and creativity.  Our children are motivated writers who enjoy the process of creating stories, poems and a range of non-fiction texts. We believe that children should be able to speak and write fluently so they can communicate their ideas clearly. At Temple Sutton Primary School, we want our children to be creative writers who read for pleasure, as well as information. Children learn a wide range of vocabulary and knowledge linguistic conventions for reading, writing and the spoken language.

At Temple Sutton Primary School, grammar teaching is a core element of our English curriculum.  The characteristics of spoken language are very different from written language. Writing needs to be more concise and explicit, whereas spoken language often relies on context, facial expression, intonation and pause and gesture to convey meaning and create effect. As part of grammar study, it is important that children learn the conventions of Standard English so that they can adopt an appropriate level of formality in their writing appropriate to audience and purpose.

Phonics

At Temple Sutton Primary School, we believe that phonics should be taught in an engaging and systematic way, using a multi-sensory approach to our youngest children.  The Read, Write Inc. (RWI) programme enables us to do this.  Further information on the RWI programme can be found here.

In order to accelerate pupil’s progress, we have parent workshops that help adults at home to understand how we teach early reading and writing skills.  This enables adults at home to support their children when listening to their children read their home reading book each day, as well as practising the reading and spelling of high frequency words. Parents can use resources on the RWI parent page to support their child's learning at home.

 

Useful websites

www.booksforkeeps.co.uk
www.cool-reads.co.uk

www.ukchildrensbooks.co.uk
www.booktrusted.com
www.redhouse.co.uk
www.storytimeonline.co.uk
www.literacytrust.org.uk
www.literatureForLads.com

English