English

At Kings Meadow, English is at the heart of our curriculum. Through our CRACKING Curriculum, pupils develop a love of reading, writing, and oracy. By engaging with a wide range of texts and linking literacy across thematic units, we provide meaningful, purposeful contexts for learning. Speaking and listening (Oracy) are key drivers, helping pupils to become confident communicators, creative thinkers, and lifelong lovers of language. See the following documents for more detailed information.

Spelling at Kings Meadow

Our system is as follows:

Spellings (Years 1-6) will be issued weekly on a Monday.

A Spelling Test will take place the following Monday. We test pupils in written form, not using the iPads. 

Spellings are issued as and 'Assignment' on Spelling Shed. You will have received login details from your child's teacher. Some homework activities may be spelling related. There is a link below with more information about Spelling Shed.

How can I help my child?

Encourage your child to practise frequently, make sure they are logging into their account and accessing their assignments. Discuss their spelling words with them so they are confident with their meaning.

Reading at Kings Meadow

Reading in Class 

In Key Stage 2, each class studies a class novel each term, and through 'Book Talk,' we discuss characters and make predictions.

Year 4, 5 and 6 are part of the 'Accelerated Reading' scheme. This has proved to be very popular with the children as they have a choice of books and are motivated to achieve full marks on their book quiz. Quizzes are taken using and IPad and the children are rewarded for 100% scores. See class pages for more information.

Reading Rocketeers

Reading Rocketeers are our amazing volunteer reading supporters. They come into school weekly and work with classes to hear individual children read and help them change their book. Rocketeers are valued parents, carers, relatives and charity workers from 'School Readers'. 

Reading Ambassadors

Reading ambassadors are pupils from Year 5 and 6, they volunteer for the post and apply for the role each new school year. They spend some of their lunch breaks reading to and with pupils from younger age groups. This promotes collaborative working and learning and the older pupils are excellent reading role models for our younger classes.

Reading Bears

We have two new pupils at Kings Meadow! Welcome to Frida Book and Rida Book (pronounced Reader). The twins have come to our school as they love reading and have heard that we are fantastic at reading. They enjoy listening to us reading aloud and sharing books.

Writing at Kings Meadow

Writing Awards

At Kings Meadow we encourage and celebrate our young writers. Every fortnight we share nominated star writers in assembly, of these two are chosen to be awarded the coveted 'Golden Quill' trophy. The winners writing is displayed for everyone to read and enjoy.