Welcome to the English page

At Lockwood we know and understand our children. We have created a curriculum which is bespoke to our children and encourages them to become enthusiastic and engaged with English. We aim to develop pupils’ abilities within an integrated programme of Speaking & Listening, Reading, Writing & Vocabulary. Pupils will be given opportunities to interrelate the requirements of English within a broad and balanced approach to the teaching of English across the curriculum, with opportunities to consolidate and reinforce taught English skills. At Lockwood Primary School we are committed to providing rich and varied opportunities for children to become literate pupils. Through our English Curriculum, we strive to teach the children how important their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills will be in the real world. By giving this context to their learning, the children understand the value of English to them now, and in their futures. They can indeed aspire to be the best they can be.We believe that a quality English curriculum should develop children’s love of reading, writing and oracy.  We have a rigorous and well organised English curriculum that provides purposeful opportunities for reading, writing and discussion. Our curriculum meets the requirements of the National Curriculum for English to enable all children to:

• read easily, fluently and with good understanding
• develop the habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information
• acquire a wide vocabulary, an understanding of grammar and knowledge of linguistic conventions for reading, writing and spoken language
• appreciate our rich and varied literary heritage
• write clearly, accurately and coherently, adapting their language and style in and for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences
• use discussion in order to learn; they should be able to elaborate and explain clearly their understanding and ideas
• are competent in the arts of speaking and listening, making formal presentations, demonstrating to others and participating in debate.

At Lockwood we want all of our pupils to be capable, skilled readers, writers, listeners and speakers, who can transfer their English skills to other curriculum subjects and who are prepared for the next steps in their education. Our English Curriculum places  high quality texts by accomplished authors at the heart and aims to develop pupils’ spoken language, reading, writing, spelling, grammar and vocabulary. We teach our pupils to speak clearly, to convey their ideas fluently and confidently and to ask questions. We know the value of excellent vocabulary and this is developed and practised, modelled and applied across our curriculum. Our pupils are encouraged to read for pleasure and to read widely through our reading scheme, class readers and engaging classroom reading areas. Daily class reading sessions help to foster a love of reading throughout the school with teachers and pupils modelling the art of storytelling and Book Talk. School Librarians and Subject Ambassadors help to promote English and reading throughout school. At Lockwood, we understand that the English skills children learn in their primary years will provide the stepping-stones for their Secondary education and their chosen career.

You can view more information about the different aspects of our teaching and learning in English by clicking the links below: