Writing

Purpose of study

At The Cathedral School, we understand the importance of children leaving us with the ability to use writing to articulate their ideas in a well-structured, coherent way. Writing is an essential life skill that underpins the whole curriculum and a lifelong positive attitude towards writing will enable the children to leave our school confident of meeting their full potential in the wider world. We inspire passion for writing through a range of cohort led stimuli and writing for a clear purpose.

Aims of the Writing Curriculum

The aims of the writing curriculum are as follows:

·         To inspire a love for writing, both for pleasure and for information

·         To write clearly, accurately and coherently in a range of genres

·         To write legibly in a style that is clear for the reader

·         To acquire a wide range of vocabulary with an understanding of grammar and knowledge of linguistic conventions for writing and spoken language

·         To appreciate our rich and varied literary heritage

Reading

Purpose of study

At The Cathedral School we are passionate about helping all children to develop the gift of reading. We know that reading opens up a world of opportunity and confidence. By the time our children leave us, we strive for them to read confidently across the curriculum for pleasure, research and to feed their curiosity. We are committed to sharing our love of reading with the whole school community.  They will have read for a variety of purposes a wide range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. They will be ‘real’ readers! They will read aloud with fluency and respond to questions having built their repertoire of Reading Skills.

Aims of the Reading Curriculum

We intend for all our children to:

·        Develop a life-long passion for reading and books both at school and at home

·        Develop their fluency and comprehension in reading through a progressive curriculum and reading scheme

·        To have a secure grasp of phonological awareness

·        Be given high quality and consistent phonics teaching to enable them to use synthetic phonics as a primary strategy for reading

·        Be immersed in a wide variety of texts to develop their cultural capital and familiarity with different genres

·        Be challenged through skilful questioning and discussion alongside exposure to a wide variety of authors

·        Develop their vocabulary through access to high quality texts and discussion

We are supportive of all members of our school community, including those who find reading a challenge. In summary, we aspire to deliver a rich and varied curriculum that enables pupils to develop into confident, literate and articulate members of the community who have a positive impact on the world around them.

Reading

Writing