English including Phonics and Early Reading

Our subject leader for English, including phonics and early reading is Miss Auty.

At Oxenhope, we use Read, Write, Inc. to teach phonics. Please see below for more information.

Intent for Writing

We provide all our children with the experiences and opportunities to write across a range of genres and for different purposes. We want our children to be confident and fluent writers at each stage of their development. We encourage creativity and flair whilst ensuring that children use their knowledge to demonstrate the correct skills appropriate for their current learning stage.

We use SCODE to teach spelling in Key Stage 2. Please click here to find out more about progression, and here to look at the long term view.

Intent for Reading

We use quality and varied texts and genres to encourage children to develop their reading skills alongside those linked to their personal, social, spiritual and emotional well-being. Across curriculum areas, children use reading as a springboard tool into wider learning.

Intent for Phonics

At Oxenhope Primary School, we are passionate about ensuring all children become confident and enthusiastic readers and writers. We believe that Read, Write, Inc (RWI) phonics provides the foundations of learning to make the development into fluent reading and writing easier. Children learn to read fluently and at speed so they can focus on developing their skills in comprehension, vocabulary and spelling. Through RWI phonics children learn a simple alphabetic code followed by a more complex code. All reading books progress cumulatively, matched to the sounds children are learning and already know. The teaching of phonics is of high priority.

English Documentation:

Please click here to read our English at Oxenhope document. In this document you will find:

- - Whole school English long-term plan
  - English intent, implementation, and impact

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