English at King’s Somborne
C of E Primary
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What do we mean by English?
• Reading
• Speaking & listening
• Writing
• Spelling
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• Phonics – learn 44 sounds
• Begin to blend sounds together
• Recognise high frequency words
• Read to develop skills, accuracy, fluency & expression
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• Little & often is essential
• KS1 – adults hear child read & record for them
• Y3 - Child takes over simple recording based on opening prompts
• Y4 – Recording more independent & detailed but still with prompts
• Y5/6 – Fully independent, detailed thoughts

Carousel of activities each week
• Pre-reading (individual or group)
• Guided discussion of text with an adult
• Follow up task – independent
• Spelling investigation
All at child’s individual level
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• OFSTED want schools not just to produce good readers but to inspire children with a love of reading
• New books, Library time with Junior
Librarians, Book Week, reading challenges, reading to classes, choosing exciting texts to work with etc are some of the ways we do this
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• Aim: to build confidence, fluency & ability to be succinct
• Talk about ideas, texts, views & opinions
• Developed through role play, performance
& public speaking skills
• Rehearse ideas for writing out loud to see if they make sense

• VCOP
• Structures of different text types
• Language features of different genre
• Application

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Site of instruction
• Skeletons/layout
• Language features
• Model & construct
Site of application
• Real writing across the curriculum
• Big writing to sustain writing for a period of time

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• Teacher modelling
• Think, say, write, read, check process
• Guided group work with an adult
• Talk partners (pairs)
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• From May 2013 a grammar, spelling and punctuation test will be given to all Y6s.
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• Test at beginning of year using Single Word
Spelling Test SWST
• Level established for individual child
• Teach rules & patterns not words
• Word walls, mnemonics, spelling logs, dictionaries
KS1 – Letters & Sounds

• Weekly words to learn + test
• Independent investigations/activities
• Edit own writing & correct mistakes identified by teacher
• Test again at end to measure how

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