Warrington School/English

Listening

 * 1) Be active listeners
 * 2) Recall key ideas
 * 3) Consider meaning and relevance
 * 4) Show courtesy when listening

Reading

 * 1) Develop a love of reading and respect for books
 * 2) Find and select material that is suited to personal interests, needs and capabilities
 * 3) Read a variety of material
 * 4) Read aloud with confidence and fluency
 * 5) Recall key ideas
 * 6) Seek meaning and understanding from everything that is read
 * 7) Develop strategies for working out unfamiliar words and phrases
 * 8) Develop skills of using libraries and information systems

Viewing

 * 1) Locate, select and interpret visual information from a wide range e.g. videos, pictures, charts etc
 * 2) Read, analyse, understand and critically think about messages and purposes of information presented

Speaking

 * 1) Express ideas clearly and with confidence
 * 2) Use appropriate language
 * 3) Ask and answer questions
 * 4) Recognise, appreciate, understand and respond to greetings used by other cultures
 * 5) Develop skills of conversation

Writing

 * 1) Enjoy writing
 * 2) Write for a range of purposes
 * 3) Convey ideas and information clearly, coherently and logically in writing
 * 4) Use conventions of punctuation, grammar and spelling with growing accuracy
 * 5) Proof read, edit and self correct written statements with growing skillfulness
 * 6) Spell frequently used words accurately
 * 7) Use aids to support writing e.g. dictionaries etc

Presenting

 * 1) Develop skills of effectively arranging, presenting and displaying visual and written information in a variety of formats
 * 2) Learn skills which develop legible and efficient handwriting

Literacy Programme
To equip children with the necessary skills to:
 * Understand their world from the visual and aural world
 * Express themselves visually and orally
 * Make connections with others through the medium of the English language and its related visual concepts

Junior School
Aim: Know the letters of the alphabet Increasing the bank of high frequency words Spell some high frequency words and attempt unknown words Use a full stop at the end of a sentence Use a capital at the start of the sentence Print the alphabet correctly Link sounds to letters

Middle School
Aim: Reading a wide variety of materials Consolidation of comprehension and reading strategies Reading at chronological age Learning techniques of different styles of writing Writing for enjoyment Master essential spelling lists in writing Follow editing flow chart

Senior School
Aim: Reading from interest, encouraged to widen genres and researching. Using print and digital medium Reading at their age level Silent reading Capable of editing, improving written work Confident with surface features and developing deeper features in different written forms Be able to share thoughts, facts and ideas in a suitable format