English

Subject Leaders

English at Ingleby Mill

English is at the heart of all children’s learning, it enables children both to communicate with others effectively for a variety of purposes and to examine their own and others’ experiences, feelings and ideas, giving these order and meaning.  English is central to children’s intellectual, emotional and social development it has an essential role across the curriculum and helps pupils’ learning to be coherent and progressive.  At Ingleby Mill Primary School we are committed to providing high quality literacy which is inclusive, accessible and inspiring for all our children.

 AIMS – At Ingleby Mill, we aim to promote and implement the teaching and learning of English, as the basis for communication, learning and personal development for all of our pupils. This will provide the foundation children need to make the most of their abilities and talents and enable good future progress throughout school and beyond.

We aim to promote and implement the teaching and learning of reading as the basis for accessing and understanding the wider curriculum and the wider world. We aim to provide a secure foundation for good future progress throughout school and beyond.  At Ingleby Mill, we are determined that every child will learn to read, regardless of background, needs or abilities. We want our children to be fluent, confident and analytical readers. In the early stages of reading we follow the systematic, synthetic phonics programme ‘Little Wandle’ to teach children to decode. Alongside this, across the whole school, children will be exposed to a wealth of stories, poems, rhymes and non-fiction to develop their vocabulary, language comprehension and engender a genuine love of reading and a keen interest in a range of texts. We work to inspire them to become life-long readers who enjoy books and have a desire to read for pleasure.

At Ingleby Mill, the writing curriculum is sequenced to accumulate knowledge and skills which can be applied independently by the end of primary school. Writing for purpose and audience is central to our writing curriculum. High quality texts form a ‘reading spine’ which in turn provides children with a stimulus for writing and a rich literary provision.

Spoken language is a central part of our English curriculum.  Our children will be encouraged to express themselves creatively and imaginatively and to communicate with others effectively through spoken language.

VALUES – Across all areas of learning we value:
Happiness – when we enjoy what we are doing, we learn at our best
Confidence – when we have confidence, we will always ‘have a go’
Creativity – when our creativity is developed, we can think and learn in imaginative ways
Perseverance – when we are encouraged to keep going, even when the going gets tough, we develop resilience, positive outlooks and self-belief
Respect – when we are respectful, we see things through the eyes of others

To find out more about what happens in the English curriculum at Ingleby Mill, please click on the links below for our Curriculum Maps and Policies. ….Scroll down to view our gallery of photos showing work in English.

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