At Coxhoe Primary School we believe that reading is fundamental. It is one of the most important ingredients to becoming all that you can be!
English
What our children say...
Year 6 English Ambassadors 2023-24
Emily, Eva, Riley and Isabelle
Hello, we are the English Ambassadors - Emily, Eva, Riley and Isabelle. In our school, English is taught in a special way that makes us feel excited and ready to learn. During English lessons, we let our imaginations run wild especially during creative writing! We enjoy everything in English including Poetry Weeks and Anti bullying Week. We LOVE starting a new book. In our school, we use visual literacy to help us create our own stories and draw illustrations and these lessons are so enjoyable. We know that spelling, grammar and punctuation are sometimes tricky but our teachers help us with this and we never feel under pressure to know everything. Anything is possible in English lessons at Coxhoe Primary School.
Pupil Voice
English is my favourite subject and I love all of the activities we do (Willow - Year 1)
I love the stories that we read (Goldie - Year 2)
In our class we like to include the 'Word of the Week' in our writing. We really enjoy it! (Martha - Year 3)
I enjoy all of the types of writing we do (Joseph - Year 4)
I enjoy the variety of tasks and activities we do during English lessons (Emily - Year 5 )
I like listening to the music in the background when completing writing and I also like to use the concentration station (Molly - Year 6)
Curriculum Intent
It is our intent at Coxhoe Primary School to provide all of our children with a high-quality education in English, which develops their love of reading, writing and discussion. It is our intention to ensure that by the end of their primary education, children have the required knowledge and skills that allow them to speak, read and write fluently so that they can communicate their ideas and emotions to others effectively. We believe that this will give our children the tools they need to succeed in life.
Phonics and Early Reading Policy
Home School Reading Guidelines KS1
Home School Reading Guidelines KS2
English enrichment activities:
- Termly reading and writing awards ceremony
- Reading Buddies (Year 6 and Year 1; Year 5 and Year 2)
- Author visits
- World Book Day
- Bedtime stories
- Monthly spotlight on your class author
- Book swaps
- EYFS/Key Stage 1 reading boxes/shared reading books to encourage reading for pleasure
- Parent workshops in EYFS, KS1, LKS2 and UKS2
- Daily story time
- Outdoor book boxes in our willow reading area
- Whole school writing (based on the same text or theme)
- Monthly Reading Raffle
- Forest School
- Year 1 Book Stop
Useful Websites:
https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb
https://www.lexiacore5.com/?SiteID=2219-5787-9061-0362
Accelerated Reader specific school link: https://ukhosted77.renlearn.co.uk/2245298/default.aspx
https://www.literacyshed.com/home.html
KS1:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zgkw2hv
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=40
KS2:
Long Term Plans:
Reading
In Reception and Key Stage 1, children read books from a reading scheme linked closely to the Little Wandle phonics programme.
In Key Stage 2, we use Accelerated Reader to promote a love of reading as well as ensuring children develop strong comprehension skills using a structured and rewarding approach.
Please find the 2021 reading long terms plan below:
Please find our core book spine that we offer for each year group and cycle below:
Writing
At Coxhoe Primary School we encourage creative planning bespoke to the needs of our children. Therefore, our teachers decide on the genres of writing taught. Grammar, vocabulary and spelling are taught weekly along side these.
Please find the 2021 writing long term plans below:
Phonics
In Reception and Year 1, our children follow Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Phonics Programme which teaches children to read accurately and fluently with good comprehension. For more information please click here.
English at Coxhoe Primary School in 2023 - 2024
Autumn Term
English at Coxhoe Primary School in 2022 - 2023
Summer Term 2023
Adam Bushnell - Author visit
Spring Term 2023
World Book Day 2023
Take a look at what we got up to on World Book Day. As you can see, there were lots of different book characters in our school!
Whole School Writing
Our whole school writing theme this term has been centred around learning more about children who are refugees. Year 6 read The Day War Came by Nicola Davies and The Journey by Francesca Sanna. They then wrote and illustrated their own picture books based on this. Year 1 loved listening to the stories read by the authors and illustrators of the picture books!
Autumn Term 2022
