English.
Literacy is an integral element of our whole school curriculum. Teachers use creative and purposeful ways to engage pupils in their learning, raising standards and narrowing gaps in attainment.
Literacy is a fundamental life skill. It develops a child’s ability to communicate effectively – to listen, speak, read and write for a range of purposes. Literacy has a significant impact on people’s life chances. With literacy skills, an individual gains control over their life. Without literacy, life experience is dramatically narrowed and opportunities are lost. This affects not only the individual’s personal success and happiness but also affects their family, the community they live in, and society as a whole.Â
Staff at Lord Scudamore work to ensure that all children develop the ability to communicate effectively and that barriers to learning are swiftly identified and steps taken to remove them. Literacy is an integral element of our whole school curriculum. Teachers use creative and purposeful ways to engage pupils in their learning, raising standards and narrowing gaps in attainment.
Pupils at Lord Scudamore have opportunities to share with and hear the ideas of others in each literacy lesson. Children are taught to plan, edit and reflect on their writing and they are given weekly opportunities to carry out a long piece of purposeful writing for an audience.
We believe that children learn best when:
- Learning activities are well planned, ensuring progress in the short, medium and long term.
- Activities are carefully differentiated so that all learners have the opportunity to make progress in English.
- Teaching and learning activities enthuse, engage and motivate children to learn.
- Assessment informs teaching so that there is support, consolidation and extension of learning for every child.
- The learning environment is purposeful and ordered.
- There are strong links between home and school.
