Intent
At Lambton Primary School we believe that a quality English curriculum must develop children’s love of reading, writing and discussion. One of our main priorities is supporting children to read and nurture their comprehension skills. We recognise the importance of creating a culture where children take pride in their writing, can write clearly, accurately and adapt their language and style for a range of contexts. We provide children with opportunities to write for a variety of purposes and use real-life stimulus as much as possible.
We aim to inspire children to be confident in the art of speaking and listening and enable children to use discussion to communicate and further their learning. We believe that children need to develop a secure knowledge-base in English, which follows a clear pathway of progression as they advance through the primary curriculum. We believe that a secure basis in literacy skills is crucial to a high quality education and will give our children the tools they need to participate fully in and outside of school.
Implementation
These aims are embedded across our literacy lessons and the wider curriculum. We have a rigorous and well- organised English curriculum and framework, that provides many purposeful opportunities for reading, writing and discussion. We use a wide variety of quality texts, clips and resources to motivate and inspire our children. Teachers also ensure that cross curricular links with concurrent topic work are woven into the programme of study.
We also follow our writing at Lambton document to ensure that all year groups build upon previous knowledge.
Impact
The impact on our children’s clear progress, sustained learning and transferable skills. We want children to be proud of their reading and writing and be excited to share their achievements with others. We celebrate our children’s successes through many mediums including our website.
Termly assessment is used to establish if children are achieving age-related expectations in English. Each year we have children achieving at a greater depth in reading and writing at the end of KS1 and at the end of KS2.
As all aspects of English are an integral part of the curriculum, cross curricular writing standards have also improved and skills taught in the English lesson are transferred into other subjects; this shows consolidation of skills and a deeper understanding of how and when to use specific grammar, punctuation and grammar objectives. We hope that as children move on from Lambton Primary to further their education and learning, that their creativity, passion for English and high aspirations travel with them and continue to grow and develop as they do.
