Layfield

Primary School

Literacy

Literacy Intent Statement

Our Literacy curriculum  is designed to provide a coherent and progressive development of knowledge, skills and understanding.

We want Pupils to:

Love learning about English and our rich and varied literary heritage.

Achieve their full potential by gaining high standards of Language and Literacy.

Develop curiosity about language and literature – using their learning to write clearly, accurately and coherently, adapting their language and style in and for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences.

Have fun, learning new poems, reading new books and creating writing in different genres.

Be inspired by stories, texts and experiences.

Have memorable experiences and discuss them in order to learn.

Learn life skills by understanding how literacy can enrich their lives.

Develop a passion for reading for pleasure and information.