English

For phonics and early reading we use RWI to learn the letter sounds and blend them into words and work towards becoming fluent and confident readers. 

For FAQ's about RWI and how to support your child please follow this link

Children will be sent home with books that match their reading groups level. This is a book they have read in school already so they should be able to read all of the words. If they struggle encourage them to use "Fred talk" to break down the word into sounds. 

When you have read with your child please log it using the learning with parents website. You should get a weekly invite link to this. If you are not sure how to use this please speak to your child's class teacher. 

Once children have finished Read Write Inc. they move on to guided reading letters following the VIPERS approach to improving comprehension. We also improve fluency and comprehension through the use of the Reading Plus programme. 

We start writing from the begining of our school journey in the Early Years Foundation Stage where we use pre-writing skills and mark making to ensure we are ready to learn how to write. 

In Reception, we follow a story based curriculum in which the children are exposed to lots of vocabulary, writing opportunities and learning across all areas of the curriculum linked to the stroy. 

This continues throughout the school where we use video clips and stories as the basis for our writing. We focus on writing across different genres to learn the key writing skills needed to be independent writing. 

Handwriting:

In keystage 1 children use the Read Write Inc. letter formation rhymes to ensure accurate letter formation. In Keystage 2 we introduce cursive writing and use letter join to support with introducing accurate formation with our joins. 

This year we are working on improving the presentation of our work to ensure all of our writing is something we can be proud of! 

We have recently introduced spelling shed to help improve our spelling as a school. Your child's class teacher will send home information about how to log in and use this at home. We hope that the game based learning approach will help motivate the children to do the activities at home.