Maltese Road Primary School
English
Reading
Reading lies at the heart of the curriculum at Maltese Road. We are dedicated to enabling our pupils to become lifelong readers and we believe reading is key for academic success. At Maltese Road we believe that all pupils should have the opportunity to be fluent, confident readers who are able to successfully comprehend and understand a wide range of texts. We want pupils to develop a love of reading, a good knowledge of a range of authors, and be able to understand more about the world in which they live through the knowledge they gain from texts. Reading is taught not only in specific reading lessons but across the wider curriculum too. We provide language-rich classroom environments and a curriculum where children are exposed to, and actively engage with, high quality language in varying forms in a meaningful, deliberate and engaging way. Our hope is that children leave our school as competent readers who can recommend books to their peers, have a thirst for reading a wide range of high-quality texts across the genres, participate in discussions about books and have an established love of reading for life.
- Year 1 Reading Curriculum
- Year 2 Reading Curriculum
- Year 3 Reading Curriculum
- Year 4 Reading Curriclum
- Year 5 Reading Curriclum
- Year 6 Reading Curriclum
- Our Aims Reading
- Reading Policy
Progression of skills
- Being a reader
- Being a researcher
- Word reading and fluency
- Reading comprehension
- Speaking and listening (discussion and drama)
Writing
At Maltese Road Primary, our intent is to inspire a passion for writing and to develop the inquisitive mind whilst providing the children with the tools to truly use and develop their own skill set.
Writing is integral to our curriculum at Maltese Road. We are committed to encouraging children to develop an enjoyment for writing. At Maltese Road, we believe that it is very important for pupils to develop an understanding of how writing interlinks with reading: we want children to write to engage a reader, whether it may be entertaining, informing or persuading a reader. We aim to develop independent writers, who are aware of the process of writing, including writing a first draft, proofreading, editing and improving this draft, before finally publishing writing. We intend for children to develop a good knowledge of grammatical concepts, in order to apply these naturally in their writing. Alongside this more mechanical aspect of writing, we wish to encourage children to develop their own, unique style of writing.