In this section of the website, you will find information about our approach to teaching English at Esh Winning Primary School.
- The Intent provides information on the relevance of English and why we teach English in this way at Esh Winning Primary School. .
- The Implementation of English outlines how teachers at Esh Winning Primary School teach English across school from Nursery to Year 6.
- The Impact details the evidence collected to ensure the intent is realised and the implementation is successful across school.
- The Progression of English outlines what progression looks like across the school.
- The Useful Subject Information section provides further information on the opportunities there are to engage with and deepen learning in English.
Intent At Esh Winning Primary School our English curriculum intent is that all children, regardless of background, will become fluent readers and technically skilled, creative writers. Our children will engage with a range of genres and develop their understanding of fiction and non-fiction styles. Furthermore, we have developed a curriculum that will instil in all children a love of reading and writing that we hope will stay with them for life. We understand that a good grasp of English is the bedrock of the entire curriculum and that children who are confident and adept readers and writers will be empowered to succeed in all other areas. We will deliver an English Curriculum that: Implementation The national curriculum for English aims to ensure that all pupils: At Esh Winning Primary School, we identify children who need support and provide intervention in the most effective and efficient way that we can. We run intervention reading groups. We help each child maximise their potential by providing help and support where necessary whilst striving to make children independent workers once we have helped to equip them with the confidence, tools and strategies that they need. Marking is rigorous in English and across the curriculum, with regular ‘Response Times’ and spelling corrections to help children correct and consolidate their work. We love to celebrate success of all learners and strive to help all children achieve their goals. Reading is celebrated in classrooms and around school at Esh Winning Primary School, where our bright and colourful displays celebrate children’s writing, their favourite books and whole class reading books. In addition, throughout the school year our literacy curriculum is enhanced through World Book Day and visits to the local library. Impact At Esh Winning Primary School, we believe that our English curriculum will equip our children with skills that will carry them through life. We develop confident individuals who can talk effectively in order to express themselves and their opinions, read to obtain information and for pleasure and with a level of writing ability that allows them to be successful in further education and their adult lives. Due to teacher’s level of personalised learning, all groups of abilities will make good progress. Children will explore the creativity of writing techniques, take risks with their choices and solve problems in both reading and writing. Through applying a consistent expectation of English across the whole curriculum and the whole school, children are encouraged for all of their work to be the best that it can be. As all aspects of English are a primary part of the curriculum, cross curricular writing is excellent and skills taught in English lessons are transferred into other subjects; this shows a consolidation of skills and an in-depth understanding of how and when to use specific grammar, punctuation and spelling objectives. We hope that as children move on in their educational journey their creativity, passion for English and high aspirations continue so that they can continue to grow to be the very best that they can. Spiritual English supports the spiritual development of children at Esh Winning Primary School by providing children with opportunities to extract meaning beyond the literal, consider hidden meanings whilst engaging with ideas in fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama. Children are able to explore how the choice of language used and style affects implied and explicit meaning. The children learn how to use language in imaginative and original ways, drawing on their reading knowledge; considering how words, usage and meaning change over time. Moral Moral development is aided by the teaching and learning of English, by exploring stimulus for thinking about the consequences of right and wrong behaviour; children can speculate and apply their learning to their own lives. When they do this, they are developing their speaking, listening and higher order thinking skills. Also, through drama, by expressing what it feels like to be wronged and what remedies might make things better for the injured Social English teaching and learning is there to promote social skills by allowing; participation, creativity, reflection and independence are encouraged in all English lessons. Children are provided with opportunities to read texts that portray issues and events relating to contemporary life or past experience in interesting and challenging ways. Furthermore, children explore current influences on spoken and written language, examine attitudes to language use, and consider the vocabulary and grammar of Standard English and dialect variations. Discussion work, in pairs and larger groups, alongside studying a whole range of literature, including novels, plays and poetry, helps and encourages the children’ social and moral development. Cultural Our culture capital is championed through the use of short stories and plays, selected to encourage children to empathise with the feelings and experiences of others to help develop their understanding of other people’s attitudes, ideas and behaviour. Within classrooms, texts and authors are selected to expose children to literacy heritage of the UK and the wider world. Children are taught to recognise the cultural and historical context of texts and how this is reflected in the thoughts and actions of characters. At Esh Winning Primary School, children develop a sensitive awareness of, and the ability to respond constructively to, backgrounds, experiences, concerns, feelings and commitments of others through a range of different narratives.
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 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.
