Writing
At Mandale Mill Primary School, we understand that writing is an essential skill that underpins all elements of the curriculum. It is an essential life-skill and we want our children to become confident and independent writers. We want our children to not only understand the purpose and importance of writing but also enjoy the writing process.
It is our intention that our children understand the social functions of writing in order to use different genres appropriately by considering its purpose and matching it to its audience. Furthermore, it is our intent that every child develops a progressive understanding of grammatical conventions, the way in which punctuation aids understanding and how to apply spelling rules. It is also our intent that all children have a joined, legible and increasingly efficient handwriting style. Through our teaching of writing, we intend to impart children with the knowledge, understanding and skills they need in order to reach their potential as individuals.
At Mandale Mill Primary School, the teaching of writing within the English curriculum and the wider curriculum has been carefully considered to enable our children to become confident and creative writers.
Reading
At Mandale Mill Primary School, we want children to establish an appreciation and love of reading at all stages of their learning journey. We are committed to sharing high quality and vocabulary rich texts across the curriculum so that children may develop knowledge of themselves and the world in which they live. We encourage our pupils to discover new information and develop their comprehension skills by reading widely using both fiction and non-fiction texts which (where possible) are linked to their topics across the curriculum. We are lucky to have a wide range of books in school and class teachers select books to read aloud based on personal choices or suggestions from pupils.
By the time our pupils leave Mandale Mill, we envisage that they will be competent readers who can recommend books to their peers, seek out books from a range of different genres including poetry and engage in discussion about authorial choices or impact on the reader.
Once our pupils have unlocked the key to reading here with us at Mandale Mill, it is our intention that they will be able to apply their reading skills in order to access any subject in their secondary education and beyond.