Learning English encompasses all aspects of communication – non-verbal, verbal and written. Work in English promotes learning across the curriculum and underpins pupils’ achievements and participation in all aspects of their lives.

The Ingot's English P scales provide learners with the opportunity to:

• develop the ability to respond, to listen and to understand
• interact and communicate effectively with others in a range of social situations
• make choices, obtain information, question and be actively involved in decision making
• develop creativity and imagination
• have access to a wide range of literature to enrich and broaden their experience
 

In response to these opportunities, pupils can make progress in English by:

• using a wide variety of activities, which are age-related, especially where aspects of the programmes of study are revisited at later key stages
• increasing engagement in, and the quality of, a range of literature and communication activities
• a widening of horizons and participation from the immediate social circles of family and school, to an extended participation in the local and wider community
• adapting to different circumstances and contexts with independence and confidence
• acquiring an increasing range of vocabulary, from the names of everyday objects, events and people, to vocabulary used across the curriculum and related to the wider community

P4 - WRITING

P4 Pupils show they understand that marks and symbols convey meaning, for example, placing photographs or symbols on a timetable or in a sequence. They make marks or symbols in their preferred mode of communication.

P5 - WRITING

P5 Pupils produce meaningful marks or symbols associated with their own name or familiar spoken words, actions, images or events, for example, contributing to records of their own achievements or to books about themselves, their families and interests. They trace, overwrite or copy shapes and straight line patterns.

P6 - WRITING

P6 Pupils produce or write their name in letters or symbols. They copy letter forms, for example, labels and/or captions for pictures or for displays.

P7 - WRITING

P7 Pupils group letters and leave spaces between them as though they are writing separate words. They are aware of the sequence of letters, symbols and words, for example, selecting and linking symbols together, writing their names and one or two other simple words correctly from memory.

P8 - WRITING

P8 Pupils show awareness that writing can have a range of purposes, for example, in relation to letters, lists or stories. They show understanding of how text is arranged on the page, for example, by writing or producing letter sequences going from left to right. They write or use their preferred mode of communication to set down their names with appropriate use of upper- and lower-case letters or appropriate symbols.

Links to PScale Units