English

Intent

At Thomas Jones, we pride ourselves on being a ‘reading school’ where quality literature is enjoyed, shared and acts as a catalyst for all elements of the English curriculum.

Implementation

Planning for English units is based on quality texts, with units lasting between one and six weeks. Texts can be one specific text (for example Year Three studying The Mousehole Cat or Year Six studying Romeo and Juliet; a group of texts (newspapers, for example) or a specific genre (works of historical social realism or narrative poetry).

Impact

At Thomas Jones we pride ourselves on our children’s outcomes and the competency of our children as readers and writers by the time they leave the school. In our English curriculum all requirements of the National Curriculum are met through challenging, inventive and literature rich units of work that are built upon incrementally through our children’s time with us, affording them legitimate skills as a reader and writer.

Progression in Skills and Understanding