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English

​Captivating a deep-rooted love for the English language, both in its written and spoken forms. 
Led by Mrs Baker
Through our rich English curriculum, the staff are committed to empowering our pupils to become confident, independent and effective speakers, listeners, readers and writers.​

Reading

​Reading for pleasure is a priority throughout our school and along with the fantastic support at home, from the parents and carers, we are dedicated to encouraging our pupils to develop their own identity as readers, to become excited about selecting their own books based on their preferences and interests, to become inquisitive and ask questions about what they read and to use reading as a means of realising that the world around them is full of new, exciting and endless possibilities.  All pupils at St. Dunstan’s have access to high-quality and engaging class libraries, where they are exposed to a wide and diverse range of books, authors and styles of texts.
 
Guided reading at St Dunstan’s focuses strongly on modelling and teaching the essential skills children require in order to become successful readers. These skills are taught through a variety of high-quality extracts and texts, where the children explore characters, settings, language and authorial intent. Often, our inspiring guided reading programme links to the year group’s topic, such as Geography, History and Science topics, however, each year group will also have opportunities to carry out author studies, explore songs from musicals, appreciate children’s classics, read and perform poetry, enjoy picture books and much more - exposing them to over 600 great authors.

Writing

​The writing produced by the children in each class is linked to their topic and the book that they are reading as a whole class. This fosters a deeper understanding of the topic and exposes pupils to different genres and authors, encouraging them to empathise with characters and express themselves creatively and imaginatively. By doing this, we can encourage pupils to become excited about writing for a range of purposes and audiences. As always, expectations of the children remains high throughout the school, and all achievements in writing, effort, creativity and presentation, are celebrated inside and outside of the classroom, including displaying work regularly on our school’s Writing Wall.

Speaking and Listening

​Through our engaging and exciting curriculum, there are many opportunities for children to develop their ability to use language in order to communicate their ideas, views and feelings in a variety of different ways, including enabling children to express themselves creatively and imaginatively. We aim to provide a language-rich environment that is stimulating and characterised by high expectations of success.

St. Dunstan's Catholic Primary School, Drayton Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7LP
Tel: 0121 464 4648   Fax: 0121 464 4028
Mrs Gilbride (Office Senior Manager): enquiry@stdunstans.bham.sch.uk
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  • Home
  • School Diary
  • Our School
    • Reading for Pleasure >
      • Staff Story Time
      • Guest Story Time
      • Author News
      • Recommended Reads >
        • Nursery
        • Reception
        • Year 1
        • Year 2
        • Year 3
        • Year 4
        • Year 5
        • Year 6
      • Class Reads
      • Reading Enrichment
      • Book Reviews
    • Safeguarding >
      • Designated Safeguarding Leads
      • Safeguarding & PREVENT
      • Recruitment & Visitors
      • E-Safety >
        • At School
        • Safer Internet Day 2021
        • Help & Advice
        • Social Media and Gaming
    • COVID-19 >
      • Letters & Information
    • Staff >
      • Teaching Staff
      • Support Staff
      • Office Staff
      • Parent Link Support Worker
      • SENDCo
    • Ofsted & RE Inspections
    • Governing Body >
      • Governing Body Information
      • Parent Governor Election >
        • Results
    • Gallery >
      • Virtual Nativity
      • World Book Day, 2020
      • Year 6 Retreat, 2020
      • Inspire for Year 6 Confirmandi Children
      • Y4 Residential 2019
      • Stem Club visit The Big Bang Fair, 2019
      • Year 3 Lickey Hills, 2019
      • City Kitchen
      • Anker Wood, 2019
      • World Book Day, 2019
      • Year 3's Harry Potter Day, 2019
      • PGL, November 2019
    • Friends Of St Dunstan's
    • Pupil Premium
    • Special Educational Needs
    • School Council
    • Policies
    • GDPR
    • P.E and Sports Premium
    • British Values
    • Green Life
    • Vacancies
  • Prospective Parents
    • Admissions
    • School Tour
  • Catholic Life
    • RE Curriculum
    • Prayer and Collective Worship
    • Charitable Outreach and Vocations
    • Saint Dunstan
    • Virtues
    • Our School Saints
    • Our Parish
    • Sacraments
  • OUR CURRICULUM
    • Our Foundation Stage Curriculum
    • Curriculum subjects >
      • English
      • Maths
      • Science >
        • Awards
      • PSHE
      • Humanities
      • The Arts
      • PE
      • Computing
      • MFL
      • Music
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