English
Curriculum Intent
The Meads is committed to meeting the requirements of the primary National Curriculum, underpinned by our core values of Resilience, Respect, Responsibility, Joy and Kindness.
Writing
At The Meads Primary School, we believe that English is a significant life skill that is essential to participating fully as a member of society. We strive to help our children develop into articulate and imaginative communicators, who are well-equipped with the basic skills they need to become life-long learners; English learning is key in this. We aim to ensure all of our children develop a genuine love of language and the written word. Careful links are made across the curriculum to ensure that children’s English learning is relevant and meaningful: where possible linking our reading, writing and the topic that we are covering such as in History, Geography or Science. We ensure that children develop an understanding of how widely writing is used in everyday life and, therefore, how important and useful the skills are that they are learning.
Our intentions in writing are for children to:
• Write for a purpose
• See themselves as real writers
• Take ownership of their writing
• See writing as an interesting and enjoyable process
• Acquire the ability to organise and plan their written work
Reading
At The Meads, we believe that Reading is at the heart of education and is a fundamental life skill. English develops children’s ability to listen, speak, read and write for a wide range of purposes. Children are enabled to express themselves creatively and imaginatively as they become enthusiastic and critical readers of stories, poetry and drama, as well as of non-fiction and media texts. Children gain an understanding of how language works by looking at its patterns, structures and origins. It is our intention to ensure that all pupils see themselves as readers and develop a love of reading by reading widely and confidently with fluency and comprehension appropriate to their age.
We believe that the key to pupils’ success is their ability to read and our aim is to develop a whole school reading community at The Meads, putting the right book in the right child’s hands at the right time.
Curriculum Coverage
EYFS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
