Our school vision for teaching English
❝Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. ❞
– Benjamin Franklin
At St. Patrick’s, we aim to deliver a high quality English curriculum that gives children the best possible opportunities to become confident and successful readers and writers with a deep love and understanding of the English language. We ensure that writing is taught through a creative and inspiring medium. Each unit of work is based around an engaging picture book, text or visual media that enriches children’s English skills. Genres are then carefully planned to marry with the text and boost cross-curricular links.
At St Patrick’s, we strive to immerse children in a rich reading environment across all areas of the curriculum and give them the opportunity to explore a wide range of quality texts. This supports word recognition, comprehension and vocabulary development. We continue to work together with Rochdale’s Open University Reading Hub to promote a strong reading culture amongst children and staff.
To develop and support writing, we use a systematic and engaging approach to writing, where the writing process is taught explicitly and deliberately in a positive, risk-taking classroom environment. As a school, we use Read Write Inc. (RWI) throughout EYFS and KS1 to develop children’s phonics skills. We develop skilled word reading by using RWI phonics lessons to teach children to read accurately and fluently with good comprehension. They learn to form each letter, spell correctly and compose their ideas step-by-step.
National Curriculum for English
