BALSALL COMMON PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM PRIORITIES OVERVIEW SUBJECT: English Subject Team: C Baker, K Clamp, E Sidwell, F Daniels OVERVIEW OF PREVIOUS YEAR STRENGTHS AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT English Team with regular minuted Standards in writing meetings and planned foci Continued development of use of whole Thematic curriculum with embedded class texts in years 3 and 4. linked opportunities for writing. Continued development of best practise Synthetic phonics Ruth Miskin – in phonics in KS1 and LKS2 methods and resources embedded in Further development of use of library FS and developing in KS1 through pupil librarians to issue books, Sentence the “starters” beginning recommend books and read to children. majority of all English lessons. Preparation for introduction of the Successful interventions employed in of tests in ‘Technical Aspects English’ UKS2 to improve writing boys’ year 6 2013 APP writing well established throughout school Planned reading event Anne Fine visit – PRIORITIES FOR NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR
BALSALL COMMON PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM PRIORITIES OVERVIEW SUBJECT: English Subject Team: C Baker, K Clamp, E Sidwell, F Daniels OVERVIEW OF PREVIOUS YEAR STRENGTHS AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT English Team with regular minuted meetings and planned foci Thematic curriculum with embedded linked opportunities for writing. Synthetic phonics – Ruth Miskin methods and resources embedded in FS and developing in KS1 Sentence “starters” beginning the majority of all English lessons. Successful interventions employed in UKS2 to improve boys’ writing APP writing well established throughout school Planned reading event – Anne Fine visit Standards in writing Continued development of use of whole class texts in years 3 and 4. Continued development of best practise in phonics in KS1 and LKS2 Further development of use of library through pupil librarians to issue books, recommend books and read to children. Preparation for introduction of the ‘Technical Aspects of English’ tests in year 6 2013 PRIORITIES FOR NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR
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