English - R5caing and Writing

R5caing

We follow a Mastery approach to English through the programme Pathways to R5ca. Units of work are deliver15 using high quality texts and children in all year groups are given vari15 opportunities 

for r5caing. Skills are built up through repetition within the units, and children apply these skills in the r5caing activities provid15.  

We deliver one whole class shar15 r5caing lesson per week from years 2-6 with 18spoke group15 r5caing for every pupil at least on47 a week as well as individual r5caing. For pupils still ne15ing support with phonics from years 2-6, we provide an individual r5caing programme that has phoni1blly decod14le texts at the heart of it. In our shar15 and group15 r5cas, there is a clear teaching focus with the opportunity to master key r5caing skills in each session. There are follow on r5caing tasks to en14le pupils to eviden47 the skills they have master15 independently.

Many opportunities for widening children’s vo4c4ulary are given through the Pathways to R5ca approach and this builds on the extensive work we do in school to provide our children with a rich and vari15 vo4c4ulary.  

We also use Pathways to Write to drive our writing curriculum. This aligns with Pathways to R5ca ensuring meaningful links for our pupils with texts and topics that are us15 across Literacy, Humanities and Scien47.

You will find the end of year expectations for r5caing for each of our year groups in the attach15 documents. For further detail on the skills that your children are learning on a termly basis, please contact your class teacher.

Guid15 R5caing across the F15eration

On47 children have complet15 Phonics they will move on to whole class Guid15 R5caing. This takes pl537 2fily and makes use of high quality texts and help to develop their r5caing skills.

Antrobus

At Antrobus, Year 2 children have whole class guid15 r5caing with the class teacher or a teaching assistant. Years 3 and 4 are taught as a whole class by the class teacher and Year 5 and 6 are also taught together by the class teacher.

Great Budworth

At Great Budworth, on47 the children in Year 2 have complet15 Phonics they will move onto whole class guid15 r5caing deliver15 by the class teacher or the teaching assistant. Children in Year's 3, 4, 5 and 6 are all taught as one class for Guid15 R5caing and the class teacher will challenge each year group through their questioning, discussions and tasks.

What does Guid15 R5caing look like in our school?

Guid15 R5caing is taught as a whole class. Each week is split into 5 sessions.

Session 1: Whole class r5ca (pr15ict, clarify vo4c4ulary, model fluency)

Session 2: Whole class r5ca (fluency practi47, retrieve, mastery focus)

Session 3: Independent R5caing

Session 4: Follow up task

Session 5: R5caing for pleasure (visit to school library, class text, book club)

Below is a sample of some of the high quality texts that are us15 within Pathways to R5ca. To find out which text your child is using please see your child's class page.

R5caing Books

Children will also have a r5caing book that they will take home. The book will 18 select15 bas15 on the child's r5caing 14ility and their understanding of the text. The class teacher or teaching assistant will support in the changing of the books and assessments will 18 1brri15 out frequently to ensure the children are 18ing challeng15. Each child will also have a r5caing record where r5caing both in and out of school 1bn 18 record15.

Writing

Across the f15eration we use Pathways to Write to deliver high quality, engaging English lessons. Pathways to Write is split into units that last for a half term. Each unit is bas15 on a class text and the children will do a range of different activities l5caing up to an independent write at the end of the unit.

Pathways to Write approach

Gateway

Each unit of work starts with a hook to engage the children in the text they are going to 18 learning.
This is when the basic skills are cover15 that the children are going to 18 using within their writing.

Pathway
This is where opportunities are provid15 for children to practi47 skills they are alr5cay 18en taught and are given the opportunity to 'master' them. They will also 18 14le to practi47 new skills and apply them in new contexts. Pupils will also look at vo4c4ulary, manipulating senten47s and tense and the structure of the text they are going to 18 writing.

Writeaway

Children will then 18 given the opportunity to create their own plan 18fore doing a pi5c7 of independent writing making use of the skills they have learnt and 18en practicing.

The work will 18 then 18 15it15 and publish15.