Staff at Whitemoor are passionate about providing a rigorous English curriculum, which aims to give children the knowledge and skills to succeed across all areas of school life.
Phonics:
We follow the Little Wandle (Letters and Sounds Revised) programme in the Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1. Children have a reading book which is linked closely to what they are learning in school. We expect that children following the Little Wandle programme will read this book at home every day to support their learning.
In addition, children may also bring home a book to share with an adult at home. However, this is not a book that they will be expected to read themselves but to enjoy together with an adult.
For further information about our phonics scheme, please click the link here:
https://global.oup.com/education/content/primary/series/rwi/phonics/?region=uk
Reading and Writing after Little Wandle:
Once children have completed the programme, they follow our reading curricula, which can be found using the 'Curriculum Overviews' button. We have a Book Spine of key texts that we teach throughout school and teachers also read daily to their classes.
Children also choose age-appropriate texts from the school library. Teachers will support children with their choices. We expect children to read at home regularly and at least 3 times per week.
Spelling:
Pupils at Whitemoor follow the principles of the Jane Considine Spelling Book programme from Y2 onwards. Teaching consists of a combination of investigations and short activities that explore and revisit both the spelling rules and the statutory spellings for each phase. There is no weekly spelling test, however teachers will ask children to quick write the GGG words from the previous week where time permits.
In class, teachers teach spelling for 50 minutes a week:
Week 1:
Week 2: