Our English Curriculum

At Lawrence View Primary school we use the Literacy Tree as a basis for planning our English curriculum across the whole school. Spelling is taught with the support of Spelling Shed.

The phonics approach used is Letters and Sounds and our reading programme for Keystage two is supported by Active learn.

As our children move through our school they can choose to read a rich, variety of different reading materials. Our children are exposed to a wide selection of classic and modern literature along with good quality non-fiction, as well as poetry.A wide selection of genres and reading material are always available in each classroom as well as in our various reading areas.

Outdoors, our children have the opportunity to spend time  in our 'Reading cottage' or to take a book into our forest area. During lunchtime, a reading and quiet club are available for the children to attend if they wish, or they may choose to take a book or magazine into our wooden shelter which is situated on our playground.

 Our children are encouraged to read at home 5 times a week, and we ask parent/carers to make a record of this in their home/school diary. The children are rewarded with Dojos for 5 reads, they are also entered into a weekly raffle where they are presented in our celebration assembly with a book of their choice.

Story time is celebrated each day and each class builds in time for reading for pleasure, where they can choose what they read, where they read and who they read with! We also give children the opportunity to choose their own books from ELS