Overview

At Homefields Primary School we want all of our children to develop Attitudes, Skills and knowledge (ASK) that will equip them for a successful life. Through a creative and exciting curriculum our children engage in all areas of the Early Years and National Curriculum and at the core of our ethos sit our six attitudes to learning, enabling our children to be;

Our curriculum adopts the principles of the  developing key skills(Threshold Concepts) and knowledge that are sequenced and progressive from Year 1-6. Children will revisit skills and make links in their learning, building on what they know. Enabling them to know and remember more.

Reading

Reading is given a high priority in our curriculum, as it is the ability to read and understand which opens up learning for children. Quality texts are woven into our curriculum design as is vocabulary acquisition as we believe the development of children’s vocabulary is a vital tool in learning and understanding the full curriculum. Alongside this we aim to foster a ‘love’ of reading through daily reading for pleasure sessions.

Reading and Phonics In Key Stage One at Homefields

Our phonics teaching is underpinned by Essential Letters and Sounds

Our Early Reading is supported by a range a books that sit in line with Essential Letters and Sounds