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St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
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Following English Mastery with fidelity, we ensure that quality literature is at the heart of our curriculum.
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Certainties:
- Pupils believe they can achieve – they want to learn and enjoy learning English
- Teacher conveys the message that progress is made through engagement and effort, expects every child to succeed, and is enthusiastic about the learning expected.
- Every lesson is focused around high quality texts that children have access to
- Teacher models high quality writing and thinking as a writer in every lesson
- Comprehension, SPAG and writing development are woven into the lesson
The core beliefs of Mastery English
Belief
An absolute belief that every child can and will achieve.
Focus
Focus on reasons why children can succeed, rather than excuses about why they will fail.
Preparedness
Be prepared to make a cultural shift from previous approaches.
Awareness
A strong awareness that the children’s life chances depend on achieving the expected standard as a minimum.
Ability
Removal of fixed ideas about innate ability: opportunities rather than genetics.
Potential
Learning potential is increased through effort.
Reading
Children are not restricted to uninspiring, simple reading books but are encouraged to develop a love of reading through immersion in a high quality class text. Every child has their own copy of the book; reading comprehension skills are taught in context with class texts being chosen to match the attainment of the most competent readers in the class. Classic texts are used either in their entirety or in parts to supplement the whole class texts.
Grammar & Punctuation
As with reading, Grammar and punctuation is taught within the context of the class texts. Sentences from the text are explored and children are taught how to apply the skills they see the authors using in their own writing.
Writing Children are expected to write a technically-skilled, extended piece of writing at the end of each unit following lessons exploring and evaluating the genre of writing. Over each term, children become immersed in their class book and write a range of writing genres related to it including both fiction and non-fiction.
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