1. English Curriculum
Workshop

2. How do we decide what to teach in English?
Reading
Writing
National Curriculum
Children’s interests

3. Reading Sharing stories Flash cards 1:1 Reading Guided Reading
How we read…
What we read…
Sharing stories
Flash cards
1:1 Reading
Guided Reading
Comprehension
Phonics
Books
Ebooks
Interactive games
Newspapers
Labels
Signs…

4. I know my child is on track in reading, if in November they can…
Year 1
Year 2
Read quickly & accurately with little need for sounding out
Sound out unfamiliar words accurately
Good pace and expression
Understand what they have read
Ask & answer questions about a text
Read majority of the sounds to phase 5
Read words with more than one syllable, contractions and variety of suffixes (e.g. er, ing, ed)
Use phonic skills to decode unknown words
Read aloud accurately – re-reading books to gain confidence & fluency
Listen to & discuss a wide range of texts e.g. poems, non-fiction texts, fairy stories…

5. Let’s have a go at the Reading activity on your table…

6. Phonics Method used to teach children to read Taught daily in class
Children’s phonic ability is tested in Year 1 (June)
If children do not reach the standard they will be re-tested in Year 2 (June)

7. Phase 2 Sounds

8. Phase 3 Sounds

9. Phase 5 Sounds

10. Example phonics screening paper

12. Play for free here!

13. Let’s have a go on Phonics Play!…

14. Writing Using phonic knowledge Copying/word mats Teacher modelling
How we write…
What we write…
Using phonic knowledge
Copying/word mats
Teacher modelling
In pencil/ pen/ sand/ chalk/ computer…
Discreet handwriting lessons
Posters
Diary entries
Stories
Newspaper articles
Fact files
Lists/menus…

15. I know my child is on track in writing if in November they can…
Year 1
Year 2
Spell the phonics they have been taught and the days of the week
Begin to form lower case letters correctly and sit the letters on a line
Say aloud what they are going to write before writing it
Leave spaces between words
Punctuate some sentences with a full stop or capital letter
Use words such as ‘and’ to join clauses
Use full stops, capital letters, question marks & exclamation marks accurately most of the time
Use words such as: but, or, and, when, if that, because – to make their writing more interesting
Use a range of interesting sentence starters, adjectives and adverbs
Form letters correctly & neatly - beginning to join
Spell many of the first 300 high frequency words correctly

16. What does an on track writer look like in November?
Year 1
Year 2

17. What does an on track writer look like in July?
Year 1
Year 2

18. Let’s have a go at the Writing activity on your table…

19. Any Questions?