In English we focus mainly on 3 key areas: Reading, spelling - integrating phonics and handwriting.
Many children have gaps in phonics knowledge, as the curriculum moves on quickly here. This impacts on their spellings.
Many children can decode & read words but often don’t have the skills to help them fully understand what they are reading. This then impacts on their reading comprehension.
These 2 skills together feed into their writing composition. I’m a firm believer in reading into writing to ignite children’s imaginations. We look at writing composition in a fun, engaging way, through independent choice of topic.
Many children can decode & read words but often don’t have the skills to help them fully understand what they are reading. This then impacts on their reading comprehension.
These 2 skills together feed into their writing composition. I’m a firm believer in reading into writing to ignite children’s imaginations. We look at writing composition in a fun, engaging way, through independent choice of topic.
| Oscar in Y5 writing about his favourite football players. |  |
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Imogen in Y4 writing about her favourite animals. |
| Charlotte in Y4 using play dough to make her tricky words & Mollie in Y3 using magnetic letters. This multi - sensory approach helps them to recall the spellings. |  |
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Handwriting practice for Lila in Y4 proved to be very successful. |
| Teamwork on reading comprehension for Ruby in Y5 and Charlotte in Y4. Both working at the same level. |  |
 | Daniel in Y2 enjoying revisiting his phonics on this amazing game - Teach your monster to read! |
| Olivia in Y4 has been practicing answering comprehension questions in detail. |
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 | Austin in Y1 practicing his phonics. Consolidating his phase 3 sounds and practicing his phase 5 sounds. 2 different spellings of the long A sound. |