We are extremely proud of our exceptional attainment in English here at St Dominic Savio:

English at St Dominic Savio 

Reading and writing lie at the heart of the curriculum at St Dominic Savio. We are dedicated to enabling our pupils to become lifelong readers, and we understand high standards of literacy are key to academic success. We have high standards for all pupils. By the end of their primary education, we intend for our children to have developed a love of writing and to be able to express their thoughts and ideas articulately and creatively through the written word. This begins in Reception, where children learn to read and write through a Read, Write, Inc. based approach with supplementary writing lessons.  

Reading and writing is at the heart of everything we do. By the time children leave St Dominic Savio, they will be competent readers with a wide vocabulary and a strong command of the written word. Most importantly, they will be well-equipped for the rest of their education and later life.  It is our aim for all children who have attended St Dominic Savio to be fully literate and have a love of books and reading. Developing a love of reading inspires children to explore, learn and grow, integrating ideas for themselves. 

Please see below for more information on our reading ethos at St Dominic Savio:

Writing

Please find below the frameworks from which teachers and leaders at St Dominic Savio monitor and assess writing outcomes. We are proud of the exceptional writing results the pupils achieve each year.

Teachers at St Dominic Savio are experts in monitoring and updating taught class texts, and therefore we do not 'fix' our writing curriculum text coverage year-on-year. This allows teachers to continually immerse children in new titles, child-led interest, representative literature, and a spread of classic and contemporary texts. Each year, teachers ensure they plan to adapt and class texts in line with the assessment frameworks they work from, ensuring the priority continues to be immersing pupils in a range of high quality literature to support the highest possible writing outcomes. Attached is a sample English curriculum overview to provide a taste of the rich literary diet our pupils receive.