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    This document outlines the key areas of focus in developing excellence in English at a school. It emphasizes language and communication as being at the heart of the curriculum. Some areas of focus include developing oral language skills through activities like guided writing, reading, and phonics taught through rigorous daily sessions using recognized schemes. It also stresses the importance of ongoing professional development for teachers and assessments to monitor student progress.

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    This document outlines the key areas of focus in developing excellence in English at a school. It emphasizes language and communication as being at the heart of the curriculum. Some areas of focus include developing oral language skills through activities like guided writing, reading, and phonics taught through rigorous daily sessions using recognized schemes. It also stresses the importance of ongoing professional development for teachers and assessments to monitor student progress.

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    Mind map of the English curriculum at Uplands Infant School.

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    This document outlines the key areas of focus in developing excellence in English at a school. It emphasizes language and communication as being at the heart of the curriculum. Some areas of focus include developing oral language skills through activities like guided writing, reading, and phonics taught through rigorous daily sessions using recognized schemes. It also stresses the importance of ongoing professional development for teachers and assessments to monitor student progress.

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    Excellence in English.

    Language and
    communication at the
    heart of the curriculum
    Writing
    Firm foundations
    Phonics
    Reading
    Skilled
    practitioners
    Early
    intervention
    Belief culture
    Up levelling
    Talk for Writing
    V.C.O.P
    Modelling
    Progression of skills
    Clear success criteria
    Writing across the curriculum
    Handwriting
    Spellings
    Guided writing
    Child initiated curriculum
    Pen-pals
    Importance and early
    emphasis on oral language
    speaking/listening and
    developing vocabulary
    Key worker groups
    Valuing home language
    Fun time
    Funky fingers
    Jedi writing
    Disco dough
    On-going professional support and
    development/investment in staff
    training TAs and Teachers
    Highly developed assessment
    skills
    Quality first teaching/high adult
    skills
    Subject knowledge
    Investment in initial staff training
    Moral imperative
    High expectations
    Passion
    Shared commitment
    SMT vision and leadership
    Provision map
    Data scrutiny
    Pupil progress meetings
    BRWP
    Lets Talk
    Paired reading
    Monitoring
    Read write Inc
    Phonics

    Rigorous monitoring and
    assessment
    Daily discreet sessions
    Lead practitioner
    Scheme used is letters and
    sounds
    Teaching incorporates
    elements of jolly phonics
    and Read, write inc


    Guided reading
    Read decodable and
    banded books to ensure
    good match of book - a
    variety of schemes are
    used to ensure a breadth of
    reading (oxford reading
    tree, pm, pearson,
    fireflies)
    Benchmark assessments
    Comprehension
    Author focus
    Class read
    Reading club
    Parents
    Value parental involvement
    Reading diaries
    Homework
    Early bird
    Parent courses
    Community TAs
    Coffee mornings
    Targeted parents
    Early bird

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