At Shoreditch Park Primary school we teach English writing through ‘The Power of Reading’ which focuses on a range of high-quality texts to allow teachers to plan creative cycles of English with a focus upon a range of outcomes. Through the English curriculum, we help pupils develop the skills and knowledge that will enable them to communicate effectively and creatively through spoken and written language and equip them with the skills they need to become lifelong learners.

Pupils at Shoreditch Park Primary School learn to speak and write fluently so that they can communicate their ideas and emotions to others, and through their reading and listening, others can communicate with them. Oracy is embedded within the literacy cycles we teach and through reading, in particular, pupils have a chance to develop culturally, emotionally, intellectually, socially, and spiritually.

High levels of language acquisition through the high-quality text we use enable children to build wide and diverse vocabulary banks within both spoken and written literacy. Reading also enables pupils both to acquire knowledge and to build on what they already know. It is through the lessons we plan that children regularly practice the variety of skills needed to progress against their end-of-year national curriculum outcomes.