English at Lawrence
ENGLISH INTENT
Our English curriculum aims to develop our children into courageous explorers of language.
Our English curriculum aims to inspire our children into a lifelong love of language and literacy
We believe every learner should be equipped with the tools they need to express their ideas and imagination creatively and confidently, in order to become whoever they choose to be.
Our English curriculum is built on evidence-based pedagogy, and has been developed to support progression, key skills, with cultural sensitivities in mind.
Curriculum Overview
Our English planning is adapted from Wordsmith (teacher login required).
Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term | |
EYFS | Listening and Attention: listen attentively in a range of situations, listen to stories, accurately anticipate key events and respond to what they hear with relevant comments, questions or action, give their attention to what others say and respond appropriately while engaged in another activity. Understanding: follow instructions involving several ideas or actions, answer ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions about their experiences and in response to stories or events Speaking: express themselves effectively, showing awareness of listeners’ needs, use past, present and future forms, accurately when talking about events that have happened or are to happen in the future, develop their own narratives and explanations by connecting ideas or events Reading: read and understand simple sentences, use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately, read some common irregular words, demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they have read Writing: use their phonic knowledge to write words in ways which match their spoken sounds, can write some irregular common words, write sentences which can be read by themselves and others, spell some words correctly and others that are phonetically plausible | ||
Y1 | blue storybooks, orange storybooks, pink storybooks, red ditty books, magnetic boards | READ WRITE Inc. blue storybooks, orange storybooks, pink storybooks, red ditty books, magnetic boards | READ WRITE Inc. blue storybooks, orange storybooks, pink storybooks, red ditty books, magnetic boards |
Y2 | Does Chocolate Grow on Trees? Closer Look (Poetry) Studying a Significant Author Word Detectives | Muddles and Mishaps Silly Stuff Poetry What’s the most unusual place? Act it out | |
Y3 | How Far Would I Go To Look Cool? Dragon Slayer All About Me Performance Poetry | Ottoline and the Yellow Cat Chat Show Challenge Was Tutankhamen killed? Performance Poetry | |
Y4 | Exploring Poetic Form The World’s Weirdest Sports The Spiderwick Chronicles The Grand Tour | The Shang Dynasty The Iron Man Exploring Poetic Language | |
Y5 | Oranges in No Man’s land Greek Myths Word Detectives The Museum of Fun | Poetry: Tell Me a Story Ultimate Explorers The Museum of Fun Pitch it | |
Y6 | Fantastic, Funny, Frightening What is Blood For? Poetic Voice Word Detectives | Salamander Dream Amazing Inventions A Midsummer Night’s Dream | |
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We have placed a variety of different quotations about the importance and pleasure of reading around our school. See how many you can find as you walk around and try to remember them!
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The Habit of Reading
Our Year 3 and 4 children have been learning "If..." by Rudyard Kipling.
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Curriculum Impact
In every English lesson, teachers mark books regularly to progress with their short-term planning. We offer the best possible support for all of our pupils, including our EAL children. Skills in English develop each year.
Our staff use baseline assessments to regularly assess what the children know as the topic progresses and inform their future planning.
Assessment information is integral to our monitoring cycle. Our monitoring cycle is developed at the beginning of each academic year. Monitoring in English includes: lesson observations, book scrutinies and pupil voice.
Assessment, Progress and the Curriculum for English at Lawrence