READING

At Frogmore Infant School, reading is at the very heart of our curriculum. We are commited to ensuring that every child, regardless of their starting point, learns to read quickly, fluently and with deep comprehension. To achieve this, we use Read Write Inc, a rigorous, highly structured synthetic phonics programme.  

• Early success and automaticity: We aim for all children to master the alphabetic code rapidly. By teaching blending early and ensuring children read books that strictly match their phonic knowledge, we build decoding automaticity and prevent guessing.
• Closing the gap early: Through daily RWI lessons and immediate, targeted "Keep Up" interventions, we ensure no child is left behind. We identify and address phonic gaps quickly. 
• Developing fluency and comprehension: As children learn to decode effortlessly, their cognitive working memory is freed up. This allows them to focus on the meaning of texts, develop richer vocabulary, and build strong comprehension skills.
• Fostering a lifelong love of reading: Beyond the mechanics of decoding, we immerse our children in high-quality stories, poetry and non-fiction texts. We aim to cultivate a genuine passion for reading for pleasure that stays with them for life.

WRITING

At Frogmore Infant School, our approach to writing is based around the DfE's Writing Framework. We ensure that:

• Talk is valued as a way of building up children's understanding of written language and the ability to speak in sentences and orally compose
• We focus on accuracy first and quality over quantity
• We manage children's cognitive load through attending to the functional aspects of writing and mastering these as early as possible, sequenced teaching and the use of models and scaffolds
• We build children's self-belief as writers through effective teaching, developing competence over time and ensure that writing task match the knoweldge already taught

We recognise the important role that Year R plays in building the foundations for writing and ensure that:

• handwriting is taught regularly
• adults provide high quality interactions combined with shared reading, storytelling and learning songs and rhymes
• writing is valued within the provision through adult modelling and support, resource provision and the sharing of children's writing

Whole school policies and guidelines

What your child will learn in Year 1

What your child will learn in Year 2