The Curriculum - E forms (Year 4)

During Key Stage 2 pupils learn to change the way they speak and write to suit different purposes and audiences. Work in speaking and listening, reading and writing is integrated. The E forms follows the National Curriculum and National Literacy Strategy for Year 4.

 

The Senter handwriting scheme continues. Children who do not have a fluent joined-up handwriting style will be taught the Senter style.

 

The Miskin approach to phonics is used as the basis for our spelling programme. This follows on from the phonics approach at the Pre-Prep. Words arising from the children's own work are also addressed using a variety of strategies. A variety of dictionaries and thesauruses is used. Each pupil should have his or her own dictionary. We do not recommend a particular dictionary but suggest the one chosen is light enough to be carried around.

 

Reading is supported by class libraries and the School Library.

 

Pupils will:

• Read a range of texts and respond to different layers of meaning in them.
• Explore the use of language in literary texts and learn how language works.

The range covered includes:

• Historical stories
• Playscripts and poems based on common themes
• Stories and novels about imagined worlds
• Stories in series
• Classic and modern poetry, including poems from different cultures and times
• Stories that raise issues
• Stories by the same author
• Stories from other cultures
• A range of poetry in different forms
• Reports and articles in newspapers and magazines
• Instructions
• Information texts on same or similar themes and explanations
• Persuasive writing such as adverts, circulars, flyers, discussion texts
• Debates
• Editorials
• Information texts linked to other curricular area