English
English Intent and Implementation
Article 28 - Every child has the right to an education.
Article 29 - Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full.
Intent
At Beaumont Primary Academy, we believe that a quality English curriculum will develop children’s love of reading, writing and oracy. We aim to inspire an appreciation of our rich and varied literary heritage and a habit of reading widely and often. We recognise the importance of nurturing a culture where children take pride in their writing, can write clearly and accurately and adapt their language and style for a range of contexts. We want to inspire children to be confident in the art of speaking and listening so that they are able to convey their ideas fluently and confidently ask questions. Our use of language structures and vocabulary development across school supports this.
Throughout school and across all subject areas, we develop writing skills so that our pupils have the stamina and ability to write at the age expected standard. To support children in moving towards independent writing we provide a wide range of activities including use of film and imagery, modelled, shared and guided writing, peer editing and discussion. We encourage pupils to express and exchange ideas and develop more sophisticated vocabulary orally, so they are ready to write. The writing process gives children time to talk, draft, edit, improve and publish their work; we encourage pupils to see themselves as authors.
We believe that children need to develop a secure knowledge-base in Literacy, which follows a clear pathway of progression as they advance through the primary curriculum. 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 as a member of society. We do not put a ceiling on what pupils can achieve in writing and we do not hold preconceptions about any pupils’ ability to make progress. We understand the importance of parents and carers in supporting their children to develop grammar, spelling and composition skills, and we want to encourage a home-school partnership which enables parents and carers to understand how to enhance the skills being taught in school.
Implementation
These aims are embedded across our English lessons and the wider curriculum. We are building a rigorous and well organised English curriculum that provides many purposeful opportunities for reading, writing and discussion. We believe that reading and writing are the fundamentals of all learning so we ensure that cross curricular links with topic work are woven into every aspect of our programme of study, which closely follows the aims of the National Curriculum for English 2014. We use a wide variety of quality texts and resources to motivate and inspire our children. The national curriculum for English aims to ensure that all pupils:
-read easily, fluently and with good understanding
-develop the habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information
-acquire a wide vocabulary, an understanding of grammar and knowledge of linguistic conventions for reading, writing and spoken language
-appreciate our rich and varied literary heritage
-write clearly, accurately and coherently, adapting their language and style in and for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences
-use discussion in order to learn; they should be able to elaborate and explain clearly their understanding and ideas
-are competent in the arts of speaking and listening, making formal presentations, demonstrating to others and participating in debate.
The new Reading Framework 2023 states that:
Reading is fundamental to education. Proficiency in reading, writing and spoken language is vital for pupils' success. Through these, they develop communication skills for education and for working with others: in school, in training and at work. Pupils who find it difficult to learn to read are likely to struggle across the curriculum, since English is both a subject in its own right and the medium for teaching. This is why the government is committed to raise standards of literacy for all.
Reading is a top priority and is a key driver within our curriculum. It is our intention to ensure that by the end of their primary education, all pupils can read fluently and with confidence in any subject. We intend all children to leave Beaumont Primary Academy with a rich vocabulary that provides them with the ability to play and manipulate language, recognising the nuance of meaning and how language can be used for a range of purposes. We want children to have the confidence to be able to communicate effectively in a variety of situations’ both now and in the future. We therefore intend to encourage all pupils to read widely across both fiction and non-fiction to develop: - knowledge of themselves and the world in which they live; - to establish an appreciation and love of reading; - to gain knowledge across the curriculum; - and develop their comprehension skills. We are committed to providing quality, vocabulary-rich reading material, which immerses and enhances all pupils wider knowledge of the spoken and written word, through modern and classic children’s literature and non-fiction text.
We provide a wide range of reading opportunities through the curriculum and acitvely encourage our children to read for pleasure. Our reading ambassadors have created reading spaces both indoors and outside so children may read during social times and each classroom has a library with engaging texts that is accessible to children throughout the day.
Our aim is that by the end of year 6, pupils' reading and writing is sufficiently fluent and effortless for them for them to manage the general demands of the curriculum in year 7 across all subjects and not just in English.
How we foster a love of reading at Beaumont
love or reading for website.pdf
Impact
As a result, we have a community of enthusiastic readers and writers who enjoy showcasing their developing literacy knowledge and skills. They are confident to take risks in their reading and writing, and love to discuss and share their ideas.
Take a look to see what English looks like at Beaumont
Our Reading across the curriculum
2024 whole school text overview 24 25.pdf
Poetry
poetry coverage with links.pdf
Progression documents
Reading
reading progression document.pdf
VIPERS progression documents
Year-1-vipers-reading-skills.pdf
Year-2-vipers-reading-skills.pdf
Year-3-vipers-reading-skills.pdf
Year-4-vipers-reading-skills.pdf
Year-5-vipers-reading-skills.pdf
Year-6-vipers-reading-skills.pdf
Writing
Year 1-3
writing progression document.pdf
Year 4-6
writing progression document y4 6.pdf
Please look at our year group overviews to see how we use these documents to sequence the children's learning.
Phonics
As a result of the phonics review completed by the DfE: Choosing a phonics teaching programme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). We as a school, after evaluating the validated schemes, have implemented the Little Wandle phonics scheme that started in the academic year 2021-2022. This has resulted in a whole school approach being implemented into how we teach phonics, establishing a clear pathway for all pupils. Please see our Phonics and Early Reading page for more details.
In addition, to the Little Wandle phonics programme we use the following to support our teaching of writing and reading:
Oxford Owl- https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/
Nelson Handwriting
VIPERS- Literacy Shed Plus - READING VIPERS
Useful Websites:
Phonics
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/learning-to-read
http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zyfkng8/articles/zt27y4j
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zgkw2hv
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/the-alphablocks-guide-to-phonics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyiT8CP1M5A
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=42
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=47
https://www.eduplace.com/tales/
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/speak-spell
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhrrd2p
https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/login (Games will be uploaded by your child’s teacher on a weekly basis. If you need a copy of your username and password please ask your class teacher).
Reading
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/
https://www.storylineonline.net/
https://www.freechildrenstories.com/age-3-5