English is at the heart of all children’s learning. Literacy enables children both to communicate with others effectively for a variety of purposes and examine their own and others’ experiences, feelings and ideas, giving these order and meaning. Literacy is central to children’s intellectual, emotional and social development as it has an essential role across the curriculum and helps pupils’ learning to be coherent and progressive.

Our aim is to encourage children to:

• be effective, competent communicators and good listeners;
• express opinions, articulate feelings and formulate responses to a range of texts both fiction and non-fiction using appropriate technical vocabulary;
• foster an interest in words and their meanings, and to develop a growing vocabulary in both spoken and written form;
• enjoy and engage with and understand a range of text types and genres;
• be able to write in a variety of styles and forms showing awareness of audience and purpose;
• develop powers of imagination, inventiveness and critical awareness in all areas of Literacy;
• use grammar and punctuation accurately;
• understand spelling conventions;
• produce effective, well-presented written work.

By the time children leave our school, we expect them to communicate through speaking and listening, reading and writing, with confidence, fluency and understanding and in a range of situations.

View our English policy here.