how the teaching of english promotes our school values:

Fellowship 

Our guided reading sessions develop team work skills; children are encouraged to work together through paired and’ tag’ reading. Children learn to listen carefully to each other read and collaborate to answer a wide range of questions about a text. Whole class writing enables the children to share their ideas with their teachers to create a piece that all children can be proud of. 

Justice  

Across the schools, we study a wide range of current and diverse texts which have morals based on justice and fairness. We choose our stories from a wide range of genres to enable all children to have access to a variety of cultures and develop an understanding of how key events of the past have influenced society today.   

Resilience  

We develop strong, independent writers who through exposure to high-quality texts learn to express themselves through a wide range of genres including story writing, poetry, persuasive leaflets, newspaper articles and biographies. We believe that all children can be resilient in their approach to writing; through understanding the impact that editing and improving sessions can have on their work. 

Trust  

We promote a positive culture of reading by trusting children to frequently visit our well-stocked library so they can independently choose a book to read in and out of school. In classrooms, children trust each other to give positive and constructive opinions on the pieces of writing they produce. During independent writing sessions, we have faith and confidence in our children to create narratives they are proud of and can share amongst their peers.