English
English at Lawrence
Curriculum Intent
In our English topics, we want our children to be open minded, independent, respectful, resilient, active, creative and forward thinking.
Curriculum Implementation in EYFS
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Listening and Attention EYFS children at Lawrence:
listen attentively in a range of situations
listen to stories, accurately anticipating 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
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Understanding EYFS children at Lawrence:
follow instructions involving several ideas or actions
answer ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions about their experiences and in response to stories or events
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Speaking EYFS children at Lawrence:
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
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Reading EYFS children at Lawrence:
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
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Writing
EYFS children at Lawrence:
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
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Self Confidence and Self Awareness
EYFS children at Lawrence:
are confident to try new activities, and to say why they like some activities more than others
are confident to speak in a familiar group, will talk about their ideas, and will choose the resources they need for their chosen activities
say when they do or don’t need help
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Summer Term |
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Year 1 |
Guess What? Who Lives Here? Sensational Senses |
Once Upon a Time Fantastic Voyages Pattern and Rhyme |
Top Jobs Growing Up Why do Elephants have big ears? |
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Year 2 |
What Would You Do? Pattern, Rhythm, Rhyme All About Orang-utans A Twist in The Tale |
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 |
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Year 3 |
Where would you like to live? Storm All About Me Shape Poems |
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 |
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Year 4 |
Wanted: Space Explorer! Christophe’s Story Sounds Spooky Creating Images |
Exploring Poetic Form The World’s Weirdest Sports The Spiderwick Chronicles The Grand Tour |
The Shang Dynasty The Iron Man Exploring Poetic Language |
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Year 5 |
Poets’ Voices Friend or Foe Animals on the Move Ultimate Rap! |
Oranges in No Man’s land Greek Myths Word Detectives The Museum of Fun |
Ultimate Explorers Tell me a Story Pitch it |
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Year 6 |
Powerful Language Eye of the Wolf Mission: Save Pompeii! The Great Debate |
Fantastic, Funny, Frightening What is Blood For? Poetic Voice Word Detectives |
Salamander Dream Amazing Inventions A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
The Habit of Reading
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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