English Curriculum
We are passing on the discoveries and work of the previous generations to the next, whilst empowering pupils to add to this body of knowledge in the future.
In English we teach a broad curriculum covering reading, writing, grammar and oracy. We have a curriculum of high quality texts which are used throughout school that builds children's knowledge of literature and their reading ability in a structured way. We study a range of modern and classic fiction including books such as The Hobbit in Y6, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe in Y5, The Iron Man in Y3 and A Bear Called Paddington in Year 2.
Children will be given a reading book to take home each week and it is helpful if parents can make a brief comment in the child's reading record to let us know how they are getting on with their reading at home. We expect children to bring their reading books into school everyday. All children in Reception are given a free book bag, if you would like to purchase a new one they can be bought from the school office.
Children in Key Stage 2 will be given a book to take home each day which is broadly in line with their current reading ability. It is helpful if parents can write a comment in the reading record books to keep us up to date on how children are getting on with their reading at home. We expect children to bring their reading books into school each day.
Developing confident readers is one of our school priorities and we greatly appreciate parental support in this area.
Children will be given a reading book to take home each week and it is helpful if parents can make a brief comment in the child's reading record to let us know how they are getting on with their reading at home. We expect children to bring their reading books into school everyday. All children in Reception are given a free book bag, if you would like to purchase a new one they can be bought from the school office.
Children in Key Stage 2 will be given a book to take home each day which is broadly in line with their current reading ability. It is helpful if parents can write a comment in the reading record books to keep us up to date on how children are getting on with their reading at home. We expect children to bring their reading books into school each day.
Developing confident readers is one of our school priorities and we greatly appreciate parental support in this area.
Phonics
We use the Sounds-Write phonics programme to ensure children develop their phonic skills in a coherent and systematic way. There is direct teaching of phonics using this programme from Early Years upwards. Children who are still developing their phonic knowledge take home a phonically decodable book matched closely to the phonic knowledge they have acquired every night. It is one of our school priorities to ensure that all children develop confidence in applying their phonic knowledge to enable them to become confident readers and writers. We greatly appreciate parental support in this area and encourage parents to listen to their child reading the phonically decodable books regularly. We strongly encourage parents to complete the free Sounds-Write course for parents of children aged 4 to 6 years. This will help to ensure the way that parents support their children at home matches the methods we use in school. The one hour course can be accessed by clicking the link here - SOUNDS-WRITE PARENT PROGRAMME
We use the Sounds-Write phonics programme to ensure children develop their phonic skills in a coherent and systematic way. There is direct teaching of phonics using this programme from Early Years upwards. Children who are still developing their phonic knowledge take home a phonically decodable book matched closely to the phonic knowledge they have acquired every night. It is one of our school priorities to ensure that all children develop confidence in applying their phonic knowledge to enable them to become confident readers and writers. We greatly appreciate parental support in this area and encourage parents to listen to their child reading the phonically decodable books regularly. We strongly encourage parents to complete the free Sounds-Write course for parents of children aged 4 to 6 years. This will help to ensure the way that parents support their children at home matches the methods we use in school. The one hour course can be accessed by clicking the link here - SOUNDS-WRITE PARENT PROGRAMME
Phonics Curriculum
| Stanley Road Phonics Teaching Sequence |
| From Phonics to Reading |
Reading Curriculum
This document shows the texts which are studied across school as part of our daily reading lessons...
Poetry Curriculum
This document shows the poetry that pupils study as they move through school. All pupils learn these poems by heart and have the opportunity to present them in front of an audience.
Sentence Knowledge Curriculum
This document shows the sequence of grammar knowledge that we teach. This ensures that all pupils are able to accurately construct a range of sentences with increasing automaticity.
Writing Curriculum
This document sets out the broad overview of the writing units we study at Stanley Road in each year group.
Parent Guidance for Supporting Pupils with Handwriting
Document Downloads
| Stanley Road Writing Curriculum Overview |
| Stanley Road Sentence Knowledge Curriculum |
| Stanley Road Reading Curriculum Texts |
| Stanley Road KS2 Spelling Scheme |
| Stanley Road Poetry Curriculum |
| Stanley Road Poetry Booklet |
| Parent Guidance for Supporting Children with their Handwriting |