‘Let Your Light Shine’

Matthew 5:16

Welcome to English at St Peter's C.E. Primary School

At St Peter’s we seek to realise the potential of each individual in a supportive and caring environment. We aim to provide a broad and balanced curriculum, Christian commitment and sensitivity, and in partnership with the family and community, encourage all positive aspects of education and social development. Together we strive for high academic standards and to provide a wide variety of experiences to promote interests, life skills, confidence, and responsibility now and for later years.

The overarching aim for English in the national curriculum is to promote high standards of language and literacy by equipping pupils with a strong command of the spoken and written word, and to develop their love of literature through widespread reading for enjoyment. 

At St Peter's we embed the aims and strive for each child to be able to:

• Read and write with confidence, fluency and understanding.
• Have a positive reading and writing culture throughout school.
• Engage children through wider opportunities.
• Developing a love of reading and writing across the curriculum.
• Have an interest in texts of all types and to read for enjoyment – to foster a love of reading in many children.
• Have an interest in words and their meanings; developing a growing vocabulary in spoken and written forms.
• Understand a range of text types and genres, being able to write in a variety of styles and forms appropriate to the situation.

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