English
Linaker Reads and Linaker English progression documents.
Learning to Read
Linaker Reads is a whole school structured programme for daily whole class shared reading through carefully crafted units of work linked to high quality fiction, non-fiction and poetry texts. Several of these texts are linked to foundation subjects.
Linaker Reads provides a clear teaching sequence to reading lessons that explicitly teach reading skills and strategies in a cumulative way through evidence-based approaches. The entire statutory curriculum for reading is covered from EYFS to Y6.
Linaker English empowers teachers to provide high-quality teaching of writing through children’s high-quality literature. The units of work centre on engaging, vocabulary-rich texts, with a wealth of writing opportunities. Several of these carefully selected Vehicle Texts have strong thematic links to the Science, History and Geography curriculum.
Linaker English is evidence-based teaching of writing. The entire statutory curriculum for writing is covered for each year group.
Linaker is a Read Write Inc. school, we use this highly successful systematic phonics program from Ruth Miskin Training to ensure that phonics is taught and assessed thoroughly throughout the school.
Staff have been expertly trained in the delivery of the scheme and receive regular support and further training from our school lead Mrs Worthington and our RWI consultant. We believe that delivering this scheme with fidelity and passion is key to raising standards in our children's early literacy.
All children in Reception and KS1 are taught using the scheme. In addition the scheme is used for older children who need to catch up. Once children complete the RWI phonics programme they move into a reading comprehension group. Most children complete the scheme by the end of the first term of Year 2. They then join a reading comprehension group.