Literacy
Vision
Reading
We believe that reading is an essential life skill and we are committed to enabling our children to become lifelong readers. We believe that all pupils should have the opportunity to be fluent, confident readers who are able to successfully understand a wide range of texts and have knowledge of a variety of authors. As a whole school, we have high expectations of all children and encourage pupils to persevere, pursue and achieve success. Rich texts are at the heart of our teaching and a love for reading is promoted throughout the school. We recognise the importance of taking a consistent whole-school approach to the teaching of reading in order to close any gaps and to target the highest possible number of children attaining the expected standard or higher.
Writing
We strive to help our children develop into articulate and imaginative communicators, who are well-equipped with the skills needed to become life-long learners. Teaching children to write for a range of purposes and audiences can be very exciting, especially here at Kings Oak, where we provide children with a variety of engaging hooks to capture their imagination! We aim to provide the children with a purpose for writing and believe that this not only produces higher quality writing but allows our learners to apply their skills to a range of different contexts. Careful links are made across the wider curriculum to ensure that children’s writing is relevant and meaningful. Our aim is for ALL learners to achieve their full potential in writing and we are committed to providing the scaffolds and challenges needed in order for our children to achieve this.