English
English at Stroud Valley Primary School
Learning to speak, listen, read, spell and write are the foundations of our curriculum and are modelled and taught systematically and incidentally (making purposeful links to support the long term memory) throughout the school day.
At Stroud Valley, children are at the heart of everything we do and we want to broaden their experiences not only first-hand but through well written literature. Each class, or year group team, have a pool of whole class texts that aim to enrich the children’s lives. They take them on journeys across seas, oceans, high up mountains and into fantasy worlds where their imaginations can be free and wild.
At Stroud Valley we aim to create writers, who draw on experiences and skills to communicate thoughts, feelings and ideas in a range of contexts and purposes and for a range of audiences, whilst using accurate spelling, grammar and clear handwriting.
Children will then apply these skills as well as the imagination gained from reading, to plan, compose and edit, which will in turn, allow children to work collaboratively with their peers as well as taking responsibility for their own learning.
Through the use of high- quality texts as a foundation and stimulus from which to build from, we aim to develop children into confident, creative writers. We passionately believe that developing secure and accomplished writers raises attainment across the curriculum and beyond. By the end of their journey, our intent is that our children have acquired a solid understanding of grammar, built a bank of rich vocabulary and have the confidence to experiment with language, depending on audience and purpose. We encourage our children to be reflective, take pride in their presentation and to perfect their planning and editing skills. Carefully selected relevant, engaging literature inspires our children to produce purposeful writing outcomes that develop both composition and transcription.
Alongside composition, children will be taught: spelling, punctuation, grammar and handwriting skills both discreetly and within units of work.
At Stroud Valley Primary School, we strive to provide an ambitious curriculum that generates a genuine love for writing and the written word in our children, encouraging them to see writing as an interesting and enjoyable process. It is our intention that children learn to speak, read and write fluently.
We aim to foster a love of language and literature through the use of quality texts and books; that inspires, excites and engages our children and encourages them to be able to communicate through speaking, listening and writing. This is supported by a clear skills and knowledge progression. We aim to develop children’s ability to produce well-structured, detailed writing in which the meaning is made clear and which engages the interest of the reader. Particular attention is paid throughout the school to the formal structures of English: grammatical detail and punctuation.
We recognise the need to focus on vocabulary in order to develop writing – if a child can’t say it then they can’t write it. In order for children to reach their full potential we know they must develop strength and stamina for extended writing; being able to use fluent and legible handwriting.
The Write Journey
