At the Crescent we are passionate about all our children becoming independent and enthusiastic readers, writers and spellers. Our Intent is to foster the love of reading by exposing pupils to a wide range of quality texts. The teacher’s enthusiasm for reading is one of the most important things that they do in their classroom.  It has a positive effect on reading achievement and the life-long love of reading.

Spelling, punctuation and grammar

A good spelling programme gradually builds pupils’ spelling vocabulary therefore, as our Crescent children progress from Year 2 and enter Key Stage 2, they will have discreet spelling lessons three times per week. During these lessons children will be taught to understand the rules and principles underpinning word construction and patterns, recognise how to apply these principles in their writing and develop the skills for proof reading. These spellings are further explored and practised in the homework set weekly.  In Year 6 children are required to take a ‘Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar’ test.  Children are prepared for this test as they build throughout the year groups with progressive punctuation structures in writing and grammatically correct cohesive sentence formations are explored within the context of daily writing opportunities.  This level of knowldege is expected to be applied to all curriculum areas as key priority .