Reading Intent Statement

To develop the key skills required to read and promote a lifelong love of reading.

Our main reading scheme is Collins Big Cat in Key Stage 1, we use a variety of supplementary books too.

Guided Reading

All classes teach reading using the Reading VIPERS scheme.  This is a whole class approach using whole books and targeting key skills.

Writing Intent Statement

To be an effective communicator and listener in both written and spoken word.   

Intent

Inspiring and encouraging children through rhymes, story-telling, visual literacy, real-life experiences and drama, our intent is to ensure that all children who learn at Long Bennington reach their potential as authors.

Through our approach to Writing, we ensure that our children’s working memory is supported by a well-structured spiral curriculum of vertical and horizontal progression. By mastering speaking and writing – and the tools needed to be an author – pupils are imaginative, well-equipped and passionate about their published pieces as confident individuals who can write for a purpose.

Implementation

Children are taught the essential skills of writing (composition, grammar, punctuation, spelling and handwriting) whilst also using a rich and varied range of vocabulary inspired and stimulated by the high-quality texts that they read in their English Reading lessons. Lessons will be planned to meet the needs of the learners and facilitate progress across a sequence of days/ weeks that develop children’s use of grammar and punctuation to improve composition. Handwriting lessons are taught discreetly and writing fluency is promoted in all English lessons and across the wider curriculum. Spelling is also, taught discreetly and key skills are embedded in English lessons as part of the writing process.

For pupils with SEND, it is important to focus on the pupils’ strengths as well as identifying areas where they need more help, practice and consolidation. In general, pupils should have the opportunity to develop all of the concepts in writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation, regardless of their SEN or disability. However, the approach to these concepts may have to be done differently with different groups of pupils.

Impact

By the end of each year, each phase of education and by the time children leave the school; our carefully sequenced Writing Curriculum will allow children to be fluent and confident writers who can successfully and purposefully write across a range of genres. They will be critical and evaluative writers who understand the need for editing and proof reading to enhance written outcomes for the reader/ audience.