As part of their English curriculum, children will have the opportunities to:
Work with authors
Engage in real purposes for writing
Play with words and develop their vocabulary
Learn to appreciate a range of poetry and have the opportunity to create their own anthologies
Take part in in depth book studies
Experience a wide variety of challenging texts through book study, read alouds and use of the school library.
Perform poetry and plays to a range of audiences
Share/critique their writing with others
Develop a mastery of the technical aspects of the English language including learning phonics, spelling, punctuation and grammar.
At Wicor Primary School we use the Letters and Sounds Phonics Scheme: