At Farley Hill, we recognise the importance of reading, writing and oracy.

It is our aim that children leave as confident and independent writers, able to write for a range of audiences and purposes, to develop the stamina to write at length and the ability to communicate express themselves clearly both orally and through writing. We teach writing through The Writing Process: Exploring, Planning, Writing, Revising and Editing, Publishing. Each part of the process helps the children to understand writing. For example: when they explore a text they are able to activate prior learning, explore model texts (WAGOLLS), identify key features of a range of text types, understand grammar and punctuation and explore what it means to write effectively. By the end of the process, the children will have planned, written and revise and edited a piece of writing. When appropriate, the children will be given opportunities for purposeful publishing.

We aim for all children to become confident and independent readers, displaying high levels of enjoyment, understanding and comprehension of a range of texts. The children are exposed to a wide range of texts in lessons, in our wonderfully resourced library (which is visited weekly by each class) and through class read-aloud stories. To inspire a love of reading, our children have many opportunities to read every day including 1:1 with an adult, Reading comprehension sessions and independent reading in our book corners. We use a diverse range of cross-curricular resources to support their learning.

As a school we welcome a range of visitors, including drama groups, journalists and authors. Each year we celebrate reading through World Book Day and other special literary events, for example poetry days and through Wokingham Library. We also encourage our children to enter a range of English based competitions throughout the year.

Our creative approach is fully described in the policies below.

Spelling Evening 

Handouts from our Spelling Evening held on Thursday 1st November