English
English
Intent
At St Wilfrid’s, our broad and balanced curriculum is ambitious and carefully designed to give all pupils, with a particular emphasis on those who are disadvantaged or with SEND, the knowledge and skills that they need to take advantage of opportunities, responsibilities and experiences in later life. It is deliberately planned and sequenced so that the end points that it is building towards are clear and that pupils develop knowledge and skills, directly linking to what has been taught before, to be able to reach those end points. The end points are evidenced through carefully tracked outcomes and assessments, including targeted reading assessments and 'Hot Write' pieces. Pupils learn the knowledge that they need to answer subject-specific questions and are able to practically demonstrate and apply the cyclical skills that they acquire, supported by deliberate exposure to cultural capital opportunities and meaningful links between subjects. Pupils make good progress due to the expert knowledge of subject leaders and teachers, ensuring pupils know and remember more.
We have an English curriculum which is based on good quality texts and a structured writing cycle which ensures the national curriculum requirements are met. We know and understand our children and families in Newton Heath and listen to their voices. We have created a curriculum that encourages children to be enthusiastic and engaged with English. We want our children to have a positive attitude towards communication and to be able to independently express their emotions and their ideas. We want them to have a command of the spoken language which will feed through into their written work. Through our English curriculum we strive to teach children how important their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills will be in the real world. We want children to love reading and understand the value of English to them now, and in their futures.
We have broken down our English implementation into the key areas of reading, writing, spelling, phonics and handwriting.
We teach an English lesson and a phonics lesson daily. Grammar, handwriting and spelling are taught through our English cycle.
