English

What we say about English at Dean Bank Primary School

Jessica – I like to learn and understand new things like subordinate clauses.
Mia – I enjoy listening to different stories and like to write in different ways to express my feelings.
Riley – Learning new words is fun!

Our Intent

At Dean Bank Primary School, we believe that reading, writing and spoken communication are key life skills that every child should develop so they are prepared for the next steps in their learning. We use the English curriculum (using cross curricular links where appropriate) to develop the skills, knowledge and understanding that will enable our pupils to communicate effectively and creatively in spoken and written forms. We strive for our pupils to develop the habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information; acquire a wide vocabulary; develop a secure understanding of English grammar and punctuation; and acquire a knowledge of linguistic conventions for reading, writing and spoken language.
English long term planning has been evaluated and changed to include a wide range of texts to support social and ethical issues, understanding of specific authors, a range of cultures, language and vocabulary development and appreciation of classic texts.
We aim for our pupils to develop mastery of the curriculum content for their year group and be confident enough to be able to apply the skills taught in English lessons in their other subjects. We strive for children to become more independent writers who develop confidence with the editing and redrafting process and can use self and peer assessment to reflect on their own and others’ writing.

Planning

View our Long Term Plans below:

Year 1 English Long Term Plan
Year 2 English Long Term Plan
Year 3 English Long Term Plan
Year 4 English Long Term Plan
Year 5 English Long Term Plan
Year 6 English Long Term Plan
English Texts Long Term Plan
Poetry Long Term Plan

Reading and Phonics

For more information regarding Reading and Phonics please click here.

International Literacy Day

For International Literacy Day, Year 3 discussed some of their favourite books, why reading is important and then wrote book reviews.

Year 6 Poetry

To help the children to develop their understanding of poetry, we use lots of different techniques. In this lesson, the class were split into small groups with each group given the task of reading a section of the poem, adding actions to help others to understand it.