English
At St Peter Chanel, we follow the Literary Curriculum for the teaching of English. This scheme uses a text stimulus to teach: writing composition, vocabulary, punctuation and grammar, spelling and reading comprehension. Depending on the age group of the children, they work through one or more texts a term using the book initally to develop reading comprehension then moving into exporing different vocabulary, punctuation, grammar and spelling objectives and finally linking it altogether, through exploring different opportunites for writing, to allow children to apply their learning.
English Whole School Curriculum Overview
Learning Passports for English
At St Peter Chanel, we use learning passports to ensure that all children leave each year group having achieved at least all the key learning objectives required for them to sucessfully transition into the next year group. If parents want to support children at home, these documents are a good place to start. Please discuss these with class teachers if you are unsure how to use them.
Phonics
We follow the Little Wandle scheme to teach phonics from Year R up to Year 1 and for any children who do not meet the expected stabdrad in Years 2-6. At the end of Year 1 children take a phonic screener test which identifes if the children can competently decode words up to and including Phase 5 sounds. If they do not pass then they will retake it at the end of Year 2. If a child is still unable to pass the screener then they will continue to follow the Little Wandle catch-up programme into KS2. Below is a document that shows all the sounds children need to learn to be able to successfully read and write. These are broken down into phases and children progress through them as a class in their daily lessons.
Apps
Alongside the curriculum we have apps that support reading, spelling and handwriting. These are used in school and at home, if parents need any support in logging into these then please speak to your class teacher.
