English

Introduction to English at Saint Peter’s.

Here at St. Peter's children in Reception to Year 6 have a daily Whole Class Reading lesson. We follow the Bug Club reading scheme which enables the children to read and enjoy high quality books, in a range of genres and with a selection of authors.

We have a library with a calm and welcoming atmosphere, there is a wide range of books and the children enjoy choosing a range of fiction and non-fiction books.

Each class has timetabled reading for pleasure, where children can share books, discuss authors, make recommendations and review and discuss similar themes and genres.

During English lessons, we have high quality class texts, with rich vocabulary and this enables the children to read and write independently for a variety of audiences and purposes within different subjects.

We believe that our vocabulary is an essential aspect of our lives, learning and future. We have worked with St. Margaret Ward, our High School, to produce vocabulary dictionaries, these are especially useful for parents to know what their children are learning.

English within school:

Nursery enjoyed World Nursery Rhyme week with their parents -

Year 5 wrote notes to each other to celebrate National Handwriting Day -

Our After School Club is lovely, a KS2 librarian reads to a KS1 pupil -

Eco – Library – Stoke Reads –

We are very excited that St. Peter’s has been chosen as the first school to receive the Eco Library from Stoke Reads. What a fantastic opportunity and we are so proud of our children. There are a variety of fiction and non-fiction books that will help in our mission to be Stewards of God’s Creation.

National Story Telling Week –

We enjoyed a special week where lots of activities took place, our parents were invited in each morning to read with their children, it was so lovely to see so many parents love for reading. We had a teacher from a different class read us a story which was lots of fun and an assembly, which involved a quiz with characters and quotes –

Have a look at our posters below to help develop your breadth of reading……

Enjoy English at home -

Please use the web links below to help support your children at home. Again if you find any good websites that you would like to recommend, please let us know and we will add them for all parents.

Key Stage One

Reading

Phonics

Writing

Key Stage Two

Reading

SPAG

Writing and other.