English
English
Our subject leaders for English are:
Writing- Mrs Bex Shields
rebecca.shields@forestedge.org.uk
Reading- Mrs Clare Ingram
clare.ingram@forestedge.org.uk
Our subject vision:
Our learners will draw from the best in literature,
creating purposeful written and spoken responses with a
confident command of our rich language, in a culture that
celebrates a love of reading widely and for pleasure.
Reading | Forest Edge Learning Federation
We really do believe that every child is a reader!
Our team ensures the richest diet of reading for every child, through some key approaches:
- Commitment to a vibrant ethos of Reading for Pleasure across all 3 schools;
- Dynamic teaching of Phonics from the very start of your child's time with us;
- Placing a quality text at the heart of every English unit in-class, meaning writing outcomes emulate the best written and film stimuli;
- Regular in-house and consultant-driven CPD for teachers and Teaching Assistants;
- Blended Guided and Whole-Class Reading sessions;
- Coverage of all National Curriculum domains, such as vocabulary, retrieval, inference and summarising;
- Rigorous assessment of reading domains, ensuring gaps are addressed;
- Collaboration with Hampshire School Library Service.
This video will help you understand how we teach the different
reading 'domains', so that every child becomes a skilled reader....
Mrs Ingram explains reading skills.mp4

Please view these slides from Mrs Ingram's parent workshop:
Reading on display
We love to shout about our love of reading widely and for pleasure...
Our 'Reading Spine' lists quality children's literature
that we feel carries important messages and well-crafted writing...
We carefully map out reading texts to inspire writing and discussion.
Here is a sample of the way we plan for these:
One quality text can inspire wonderful writing outcomes...








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