Teaching and Learning of English
2014-2015
Planning
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Teachers to reference the 2014 Curriculum for English
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English is planned using quality text as a focus
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Grammar and spelling to be planned for using the 2014 Curriculum
Books
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Big writing books are purple
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Big writing folders are used to store pupils’ Big Writing assessments
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English books are yellow
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Each pupil from year 1 to year 6 have a yellow spelling books which stays at
school
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All work should be marked in accordance with the ‘Effective Marking and
Feedback Policy’
Spelling
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Teachers to refer to the spellings in the appendix of the 2014 Curriculum for
guidance on appropriate words, spelling patterns and rules.
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10 spellings are to be sent home on a weekly basis Year 1- Year 6, Reception to
send home a minimum of 5 words.
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Spellings to be differentiated (minimum of three) to suit the needs of all
learning groups.
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Teachers to ensure pupils know the meaning of the word as well as the spelling
and can write it in an appropriate sentence
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Teachers to test pupils on their spellings on a weekly basis
Read, Write Inc Phonics
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The Read, Write Inc Phonic program runs across the school for pupils who are
not yet proficient in reading and writing
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In Reception, lessons run for 20 minutes a day
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For those pupils in Year 1 and 2 whom are on the Read, Write Inc program,
lessons are an hour long and are in place of English lessons.
Reading
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Big Reading to be completed on a weekly basis.
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One ‘Big Read’ lesson to be completed every Monday.
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Reading SPIES lessons to be completed on a daily basis using a carousel of
activities
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Pupils to be provided with a Reading book and a library book on a weekly basis
(Reception-Year 6)
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Each pupil to be provided with a Reading Record Book (Reception-Year 6)
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Pupils’ reading targets to be recorded in their reading record book by their class
teacher.
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Parents are encouraged to sign Reading Record Books
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Pupils are timetabled to have one library session per week
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Each class to use Junior Librarian to record the books they take home. Every
book MUST be scanned before the pupil can take it home
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Lucy Candlin to provide letters for any damaged, lost or overdue books
Handwriting
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Pupils are taught using ‘The Collins Formation’
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Teacher to model ‘The Collins Formation’ in their own writing
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Pupils are encouraged to join their handwriting
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Pupils to practise their handwriting on a weekly basis
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Pupils to be encouraged to use handwriting pens once they demonstrate legible
and neatly formed letters
Writing
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VCOP (Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers, Punctuation) and grammar activities to
be planned for in literacy lessons and written on literacy plans each week
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Big Writing occurs every Friday
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VCOP lesson to be completed every Friday from 9.45am-10.15am
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Big Writing to be completed every Friday from 10.30am-11.15am
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Pupil feedback time from 11.15am-11.30am
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Big Writing Talk homework to be sent home every Thursday, all pupils are
encouraged to bring their Big Writing homework in as this will be used as a
discussion tool at the start of the talk topic lesson
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One piece of Big Writing work to be displayed every Monday by 9:00am
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Big Writing assessments to occur on a monthly basis and assessed using the Ros
Wilson Writing Criterion.
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Assessments to be completed on paper and filed in the classes Big Writing
folder
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Levels for all pupils to be recorded on the system in the assessment folder
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Big Writing assessment timetable will be provided to identify writing genre so
all years are consistent
Assessment
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Writing to be assessed each half term during assessment week and recorded on
G2 Integris
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Reading to be assessed each half term during assessment week and recorded on
G2 Integris