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