English
Reading and writing are the foundation for all other subjects. The National Curriculum sets out distinct areas to be covered: speaking and listening skills, reading, writing, grammar and spelling.
In general, writing attainment is very high across the whole school. High quality teaching and a variety of stimuli ensure our children have the potential to become creative, enthusiastic and independent writers.
We have chosen to use Little Wandle as our preferred phonics scheme. Children are tested on their phonic understanding at the end of Year 1, but the implementation of phonic skills continues throughout the school.
The Accelerated Reader programme is embedded across the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 curriculum aimed at getting children excited about books; their achievements are then celebrated in their class assemblies. Children are encouraged to read at school and at home with graded reading books and a weekly choice from the school library.
Miss Rivers
Reading, Phonics & Writing Subject Leader
Mrs Bilner
Reading & Phonics Subject Leader
Miss Jones
Phonics Subject Leader
English in the News
Supertato
This week, Kingfishers Class have been learning about 'Superheroes' based on the story of 'Supertato'. The children arrived at school to find vegetables tied up in the classroom. The children were asked to be Police detectives. They were told a crime had been...
Easter Egg Hunt
The children in Kingfishers Class went on an Easter egg hunt. The children were put into four groups. They were given a map and worked together to plan their route. The children went outside and hunted for eggs. The children had to find the different places on the map...
Book Fair Competition
The children were encouraged to take part in a Book Fair Competition organised by Miss Jones. They were asked to get an adult to take a photograph of them reading a book in an ‘unusual’ place. There were lots of entries showing children reading books everywhere. Mrs...
World Book Day
The children and staff finally got to celebrate World Book Day on Friday. The children and staff dressed up as their favourite book character and donated £1 to the Motor Neurone Disease Charity. The children took part in different activities during the day linked to...
Woodbridge School Poetry Event
As a result of poetry work they had submitted to a competition last year, the Year 4 and 5 children were invited to attend an interactive poetry reading at Woodbridge School. We listened to two published poets, John and Emily, reading work that they and others had...
Poetry Success
Several poems from Key Stage 2 were submitted to the Suffolk Young Poets Competition. One of our Year 5's was successful in being commended for her poem and attended an awards ceremony and workshop. Well done!