It is the intent of the English curriculum to:

• Build confident and capable readers to aid in current and future learning in all areas.
• Build skills in comprehension including retrieval, sequencing, inference and authorial intent.
• Create articulate writers in an array of text types which will stem from articulate speakers.

English, as a core subject, will be taught daily. We recognise the need for English to maintain a core time every morning as learning to read will be the basis for all future learning.

Handwriting

We teach handwriting from Reception, starting with the core strength of the body. We follow the Kinetic Letters programme, click on the link for more information Kinetic Letters Hand writing programme

Phonics

Please follow the link to the Phonics page to find out more

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Spelling

Spelling lessons follow the CUSP curriculum and are taught daily. They include:

• Revisit (daily)
• Spelling rule (Introduction and revisit daily)
• Definitions (including word origins, root words, meaning of suffixes or prefixes)
• Syllabification
• Short Dictations

Spelling will be assessed through PiXL and CUSP termly assessments.

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Reading

Reading is the beating heart of everything we do as a school!

Our reading curriculum is built upon the CUSP curriculum which provides a literature spine for reading with additional texts and extracts to aid in a range of reading opportunities.

Reception Literature spine

Visit the EYFS page to find out more about the Reception Literature spine:

KS1 and KS2 CUSP Literature Spine 

Year 1 

Year 2 

Year 3 

Year 4 

Year 5 

Year 6