English (including reading and phonics)

Intent

At St Christopher’s, we aim for our children to SHINE as communicators.  Our vision is that every child in our school will:

• Develop a lifelong love of reading;
• Become independent and reflective readers who can read fluently and for meaning;
• See themselves as a writer and celebrate their success;
• Be able to reflect on, edit and publish their own work;
• Understand the purpose, audience and forms of writing;
• Develop a wide vocabulary;
• Be able to select appropriate word choice, sentence structure and text form for effect;
• Develop resilience as independent writers;
• Develop confidence speaking and communicating in a wide variety of situations and to a range of different audiences;
• Understand the relevance of literacy skills to themselves and their lives;
• Enjoy their English lessons!

Implementation