English, including Phonics, at Palterton Primary

At Palterton, we know that good English teaching and learning is the key to our children accessing the rest of the curriculum and having the skills for future life and learning. We aim to provide a rich and rewarding curriculum, and to raise achievement and aspiration by having high expectations, teaching systematically, and building on what has come before.

The subject of English comprises of Reading, Writing and Spoken Language.  We believe that supporting children to develop speaking and listening skills helps them to learn to read and write, and this underpins our teaching and learning.

We also believe that exploring and developing spoken language, reading and writing, should be inspiring, rewarding and enjoyable. 

Phonics 

The first step for all of our children to becoming fluent and competent readers begins with phonics and early reading. This is why we teach reading through No Nonsense Phonics, which is a systematic and synthetic phonics programme. We start teaching phonics in Reception and follow the No Nonsense Phonics, using Big Cat readers to support, which ensures children build on their growing knowledge of the alphabetic code, mastering phonics to read and spell as they move through school. As a result, all our children are able to tackle any unfamiliar words as they read.

For more information contact our reading lead Mrs Collins at the school

 Useful Curriculum Information for English