English
The person responsible for developing English at our school is Miss L. Simms
At Whiston Willis Primary Academy, we teach English by following the Literary Curriculum (Literacy Tree). The Literary Curriculum is a complete, thematic approach to the teaching of primary English that places children’s literature at its core. We are immensely proud that our school has been chosen as a Literary Curriculum Flagship School for our innovative use of the book-based approach across our school.
The Literary Curriculum immerses children in a literary world, therefore creating strong levels of engagement to provide meaningful and authentic contexts for primary English.
Children become critical readers and acquire an authorial style as they encounter a wide-range of significant authors and a variety of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
As a whole-school approach, children explore at least 115 literary texts and experience at least 90 unique significant authors as they move through the school.
It provides complete coverage of all National Curriculum expectations for writing composition, reading comprehension, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary, as well as coverage of spelling and phonics. All plans lead to purposeful application within a wide variety of written outcomes.
At our school, the Literacy Tree texts are mapped out across each phase over a two year cycle to ensure progression and National Curriculum coverage across all year groups, including composite classes
Children will experience aspects of the National Curriculum within each phase on multiple occasions over the two years, for a range of audience and purpose, embedding knowledge and skills by over-learning.
For more information about The Literary Curriculum, follow the link below:
