English Leader: Miss Harvey 

Reading: 

'Teachers read a wide range of highquality books to pupils. They encourage pupils to explore new authors and to read regularly. A love of reading is promoted through use of the school libraries and reading initiatives.' Ofsted 2023

See separate phonics page for information about our phonics delivery across the school. Daily guided reading sessions take place throughout EYFS to Year 6 using high quality texts, focusing on many different question types, which relate to the reading content domains in KS1 and KS2. The content domain sets out the relevant elements from the National Curriculum programme of study.  In EYFS early reading skills will be taught alongside some basic comprehension. In KS1 to KS2 a sequence of lessons will be taught building on a specific content domain each week. Additionally, a ‘treasure chest’ activity will be planned focusing on a range of content domains. Comprehension activities take place in various contexts across the curriculum. 

Reading for Pleasure

We have many opportunities to encourage children to read for pleasure;

• • A range of high-quality, diverse class texts are used
  • Children can access our school library for a range of books during lesson times and at Library Club at lunchtimes
  • Book boxes outdoors in KS1 and KS2 which are regularly updated by our Reading Ambassadors
  • Reading for pleasure is promoted across the school using a wide range of recommended and popular texts, challenges and competitions
  • Visits / visitors to engage children in reading e.g. Matt Goodfellow, Pie Corbett workshops
  • Celebrating special reading days: World Book Day, National Poetry Day etc
  • Creative reading areas in all classrooms with a range of texts available
  • Competitions: Winter/Summer Reading Challenges
  • Whole Class Shared Reading
  • Guided Reading Sessions
  • Reading with parents
  • Reading Rewards
  • Reading Ambassadors who set reading challenges throughout the year

Please see the attached questions to use when reading with your child for EYFS, KS1 and KS2. Additionally, for top tips for reading with your child at home, refer to: 10 top tips for parents to support children to read - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) The Reading Book Band list is attached so you can see which band your child should be at in each year group to be at the expected level. 

Useful Reading Links

http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk Oxford Owl is a free website built to support you with your child’s learning.  You’ll find age-specific reading and maths tips and activities, eBooks, and lots of fun ideas to really bring your child’s learning to life.  You will also find support and advice on a range of questions you may have – including helping your child with their phonics, motivating boys to read and ensuring your child is doing their best in maths.

www.booktrust.org.uk This website provides information about the national booktrust scheme and the Bookstart packs that your child will receive as a baby, a toddler and at age three to four. It also gives information about sharing books with your child. You can find out about Bookstart events in your area, which you can attend with your child.

Oracy

We recognise the importance of oracy. Oracy is: articulating ideas, developing understanding and engaging with others through speaking, listening and communication.Please see our Oracy Progression document which outlines how oracy skills are developed across the school. This is an area of high importamnce in all curriculum subjects also.

Writing: 

The teaching of Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar or SPAG, is a strong element which runs throughout the whole of the English Curriculum. Year group teaching expectations are very specific and are taught as both discrete sessions as well as explored through reading and writing activities. Please see attached Spelling, punctuation and grammar overview.  At Broadbent Fold we use Talk4Writing across our curriculum. This is a creative, yet rigorous approach developed by the author Pie Corbett. Talk for Writing enables children to imitate the key language patterns they needs for a particular text type orally before they try reading and analysing it. Though fun activities that help them to rehearse the tune of the language they need, followed by shared writing to show them how to craft their writing, children are helped to write in the same style.The process includes three main stages, immitation, innovation and indepedent application. If you would like to know more about the 'Talk for Writing' approach please click  the link https://www.talk4writing.com/about/ Each year group has a half termly whole class text which they use to base lots of their English and wider curriculum area work through. Please see the attached English LTP showing the texts that used across the school. Opportunities are planned for consolidating the features of previous genres taught into wider curriculum work. 

For spelling we use First Class Phonics in EYFS and KS1.Please see our phonics page for more information.

In KS2 Jane Considine's strategies from 'The Spelling Book are taught. This scheme focuses on statutory spelling patterns and common exception words for Y1-6 through a variety of activities inclusing spelling progress checks, hypotheis work and daily revision spelling tasks. In order to enhance our pupil's knowledge of vocabulary, we also use Vocabulary Ninja to develop vocabulary in specific subjects and also through our word of the day activities. Children will experience writing in a variety of fiction, non-fiction and poetry genres. This is evident across school in planning, books and on displays. Regular writing opportunities across a range of subjects are used to develop and extend skills. Please see attached statutory spelling lists and homophone guide of words that sound similar but have different spellings. 

Handwriting

At Broadbent Fold we work hard to ensure that children have the ability to produce fluent, legible joined up handwriting. We teach and practise the skills from nursery when we focus on pencil grip and letter formation through to Year 6 where we finesse our skills. 

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Interventions

Any child who is beginning to fall behind, is quickly identified and supported. To address gaps in reading fluency and comprehension at KS2, our skilled practitioners use repeated reading and domain based questioning to explore a range of texts for wider reading and to extend vocabulary. Support staff are well trained in delivering interventions. These include; Toe by Toe, BRP, Write Away. Precision Teaching and Pre Teach tasks. 

Assessment

We assess reading using the National Curriculum for each year group, daily guided reading, children's reading books and NFER end of term assessments. Teachers assess writing after each unit and we use our own moderation documents to check on standards. We work closely with a cluster of schools to quality assure our decisions and we support each other on driving standards further.