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Core principles for English

At St Benet's we believe that English focuses on:

*the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing);

*developing comprehension and communication;

*understanding and applying grammar and vocabulary;

*fostering creative and critical thinking through literature and communication.

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Telling the story_ the English education subject report - GOV.UK

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summer writing examples for standards file 2025

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Recorded PPT of writing progression for each year group 2024 2025

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Recorded PPT of writing progression for each year group 2024 2025

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St Benet's Writing summer term Kelly Stokes update July 2025 a

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Summary of Approaches from Norwich Writing Project

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Summary of Approaches from Norwich Writing Project

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Summary of approaches CPD Norwich Writing Project 2024

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Combining Power of Reading with Talk for Writing

This approach uses Power of Reading texts and plans (please ensure you have a subscription to this strategy) and incorporates the Talk for Writing process.

Plans

For Reception to Y6 there are overview plans for the year to show where lessons are mainly reading based, GPS specific or writing focused.

Reading Spine

Books are mapped out for Reception to Y6 with a core text each half term. These books have been selected to link to wider curriculum learning. They have golden threads of: strong female role models; authors from a variety of backgrounds; celebrating difference; and global issues.

The books are based on recommendations from The Power of Reading so are age appropriate and get progressively more challenging in language and subject matter.

Each year there is a poetry anthology and a non-fiction text.

Resources

For each half term there is a PowerPoint of resources (saved below as PDFs for ease of use). These are not a 'click and play' resource or scheme. They are a starting point for planning and a support to understand the yearly overview plans.

Disclaimer

These documents have been made purely to support teachers. They are not for any profit. They will contain errors and may have images that need checking for copyright before use.

Please use them as intended as a guide to how to sequence your teaching and ideas for supporting learning.

Policy

For more information, please read the policy document. Again this has been produced to support English Subject Leads in articulating the approach their school is taking.

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Let me help you, as an Education Consultant, continue on a path of learning!

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A new spelling strategy

Made by teachers, for teachers

A new spelling strategy

Designed to provide progression throughout a school by understanding phonics decoding and spelling as a reversible process. (As identified by Ofsted in their English Curriculum Review 2022.)

From Y2 to Y6

Made by teachers, for teachers

A new spelling strategy

Created to pick up in Y2 after the 'Learning to read' phonics programs come to an end and spelling becomes more dominant.

(As set out specifically in the NC 2014.)

Made by teachers, for teachers

Made by teachers, for teachers

Made by teachers, for teachers

Developed specifically by expert teachers who understand how phonics and spelling are intertwined. Using pedagogical approaches that build upon Rosenshine's principles and an investigative / deductive strategy to understand the etymology and morphology of language to "nurture the word".

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Let me help you, as an Education Consultant, continue on a path of learning!

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Y6 writing ideas for moderation collection summer 2024

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Key-indicators-for-writing-assessment-updates Y1 to Y6 CUSP doc matching NC

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traffic light paragraphs training slides

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Scaffolded writing example Y2 The Lonely Beast

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Scaffolded writing example Y2 The Lonely Beast

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Lonely beast scaffolded support narrative

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KS writing document and process model 20 mins to support staff training