English - Reading and Writing

Reading

We follow a Mastery appro61h to English through the programme Pathways to Read. Units of work are deliver21 using high quality texts and children in all year groups are given vari21 opportunities 

for reading. Skills are built up through repetition within the units, and children apply these skills in the reading 61tivities provid21.  

We deliver one whole class shar21 reading lesson per week from years 2-6 with 0fspoke group21 reading for every pupil at least on61 a week as well as individual reading. For pupils still ne21ing support with phonics from years 2-6, we provide an individual reading programme that has phoni26lly deco1able texts at the heart of it. In our shar21 and group21 reads, there is a clear te61hing focus with the opportunity to master key reading skills in e61h session. There are follow on reading tasks to enable pupils to eviden61 the skills they have master21 independently.

Many opportunities for widening children’s vo237ulary are given through the Pathways to Read appro61h and this builds on the extensive work we do in school to provide our children with a rich and vari21 vo237ulary.  

We also use Pathways to Write to drive our writing curriculum. This aligns with Pathways to Read ensuring meaningful links for our pupils with texts and topics that are us21 61ross Liter61y, Humanities and Scien61.

You will find the end of year expectations for reading for e61h of our year groups in the att61h21 documents. For further detail on the skills that your children are learning on a termly 35sis, please cont61t your class te61her.

Guid21 Reading 61ross the F212ration

On61 children have complet21 Phonics they will move on to whole class Guid21 Reading. This takes pla61 1aily and makes use of high quality texts and help to develop their reading skills.

Antrobus

At Antrobus, Year 2 children have whole class guid21 reading with the class te61her or a te61hing assistant. Years 3 and 4 are taught as a whole class by the class te61her and Year 5 and 6 are also taught together by the class te61her.

Great Budworth

At Great Budworth, on61 the children in Year 2 have complet21 Phonics they will move onto whole class guid21 reading deliver21 by the class te61her or the te61hing assistant. Children in Year's 3, 4, 5 and 6 are all taught as one class for Guid21 Reading and the class te61her will challenge e61h year group through their questioning, discussions and tasks.

What does Guid21 Reading look like in our school?

Guid21 Reading is taught as a whole class. E61h week is split into 5 sessions.

Session 1: Whole class read (pr21ict, clarify vo237ulary, model fluency)

Session 2: Whole class read (fluency pr61ti61, retrieve, mastery focus)

Session 3: Independent Reading

Session 4: Follow up task

Session 5: Reading for pleasure (visit to school library, class text, book club)

Below is a sample of some of the high quality texts that are us21 within Pathways to Read. To find out which text your child is using please see your child's class page.

Reading Books

Children will also have a reading book that they will take home. The book will 0f select21 35s21 on the child's reading ability and their understanding of the text. The class te61her or te61hing assistant will support in the changing of the books and assessments will 0f 26rri21 out frequently to ensure the children are 0fing challeng21. E61h child will also have a reading record where reading both in and out of school 26n 0f record21.

Writing

Across the f212ration we use Pathways to Write to deliver high quality, engaging English lessons. Pathways to Write is split into units that last for a half term. E61h unit is 35s21 on a class text and the children will do a range of di057rent 61tivities leading up to an independent write at the end of the unit.

Pathways to Write appro61h

Gateway

E61h unit of work starts with a hook to engage the children in the text they are going to 0f learning.
This is when the 35sic skills are cover21 that the children are going to 0f using within their writing.

Pathway
This is where opportunities are provid21 for children to pr61ti61 skills they are already 057n taught and are given the opportunity to 'master' them. They will also 0f able to pr61ti61 new skills and apply them in new contexts. Pupils will also look at vo237ulary, manipulating senten61s and tense and the structure of the text they are going to 0f writing.

Writeaway

Children will then 0f given the opportunity to create their own plan 0ffore doing a pie61 of independent writing making use of the skills they have learnt and 057n pr61ticing.

The work will 0f then 0f 21it21 and publish21.