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English

At Petersgate we believe English is cross curricular and an integral part of everything children do. With this in mind, we have designed a curriculum to develop the following qualities: 

  • We aim to create an environment where literacy can flourish. 
  • We want our pupils to develop confidence through encouragement and support as they acquire new English skills.
  • We value the importance of spoken language and believe children should be exposed to new and interesting vocabulary daily.
  • We want our children to be ‘readers for life’, to truly love books, to decipher marks on a page as well as read for pleasure and information.
  • We want our children to listen to stories for pleasure daily and enjoy being immersed in rich texts.
  • We believe a rich reading environment is crucial and offer a well-stocked library, frequently changed library in every classroom.
  • We have an extensive range of phonetically matched books for use in school and at home via the Collins hub.
  • We value parents’ involvement in their child’s progress in reading and enjoyment of books.
  • We believe that developing a love of books and literature will develop children as writers and therefore use high quality text drivers to inspire.
  • Our children are encouraged to write for different audiences and purposes linked to the engaging texts.
  • A sense of achievement is paramount.
  • They are free to take risks with their writing in order to develop, review and improve their work.

We aim to share that success with parents and use our learning platform, Seesaw, to share reading and writing completed at home and at school.

 

EYs Text Drivers

 

 

Yr1 Text Drivers

 

 

Yr2 Text Drivers

 

Useful video links

A short video to give tips on reading with your child: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OG2Q6pPQYw

A short video to give tips on reading to your child: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QVfbYvPaAM

A short video by Twinkl (free access from home currently) to give tips on reading with your child and some links to e-books, which might be useful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn_RgzkiifU

A short video to give extra tips on reading with your child: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Y_67GMkP4

A short video to explain comprehension and how to do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=korfvEOQb14       

 

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