Click on the sections below to explore and learn more about the English curriculum at St Bernadette’s.
We believe that sound English skills are essential for progress across the curriculum and to prepare pupils effectively for tasks of adult life.
All teachers have a responsibility to develop pupils’ competence in reading, writing, speaking and listening in their own subjects and to ensure that pupils become competent users of language, and can access the curriculum effectively and achieve their potential.
St Bernadette’s:
· Recognises the effect that a confident, fluent and coherent understanding of English will have on a pupil’s progress, both inside and outside of the school environment.
· Understands how a strong grounding in English will impact the future learning and development of a pupil in all aspects of their life.
· Provides a balanced and broad curriculum which encompasses writing practice, including handwriting, spelling, widening vocabulary, and writing for different styles, purposes, and audiences, as well as focussing on spoken English, reading, grammar and pronunciation.
· Ensures that all staff members are aware of planning, assessment, teaching and learning requirements for the English curriculum.
· Ensures that all pupils know how to plan, practise and evaluate their work.
· Ensures that all pupils understand all elements of English, as per the national curriculum.
Our English Subject Leader is Mrs Moynihan.
“From as far back as I can remember, I have always had a deep love for reading, often with my head buried in a book. I strongly believe that reading is the most wonderful hobby as it can transport you anywhere. As the English subject lead, I am passionate about developing the standard of English across our school and creating engaging opportunities for all our students to develop their writing skills. My goal is to inspire children to have a love of reading and use their imagination to enrich their writing.” Mrs Moynihan
English Latest News
See below for the latest English news and updates.
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Year 3/4 have practised writing in the 3rd person in English today. We have created short ‘Who is it?’ paragraphs and shared them with our friends and the whole class. Can you guess who our characters are? #stbernadettesenglish
Year 6 used drama today to explore how we can create heightened suspense within our writing. #stbernadettesenglish
The Daffodils had an amazing music lesson with our wonderful Mrs Fleming, retelling the story of Jack and the beanstalk with music #stbernadettesmusic #stbernadettesenglish
We are learning about the Easter story in Reception and have made our very own palm leaves so we can act out the story together. #stbernadettesre #stbernadettesenglish
Music for The Buttercups was so much fun today as we composed music, using different instruments and sounds to the fairytale of Jack and the Beanstalk. #stbernadettesmusic #stbernadettesenglish #stbernadetteseyfs
Reception class are so lucky to have a lovely mummy come in this afternoon and read to our class. We love DEAR time in our class.#stbernadettesenglish #stbernadetteseyfs
Look at this fantastic writing Year 1 have produced today. We have been putting first, next and then at the beginning of our sentences to order events. This will really help us to write our recount. #stbernadettesenglish
This morning in English, year 4 worked in groups to create a story….but not just any old story! The children added a sentence to each story, then moved onto the next table. Once, they had visited each table, we then shared each group’s stories. #stbernadettesenglish
Year 3/4 are enjoying our English lesson this morning. We are sentence stacking onto each others ideas to create a fun story written in the past tense! #stbernadettesenglish
