Our families tell us how much they value the basic skills of reading, writing and maths and we agree! You can find out what classes are learning by visiting their class pages.
Phonics and Early Reading
At Sutton CP School, children in KS1 take part in high quality phonics sessions every day. These are fun sessions involving lots of speaking, listening, songs and games, where the emphasis is on children’s active participation. We use the Little Wandle scheme.
Like all Y1 pupils, our children take part in the National Phonics Screening Assessment, usually in early June each year. You can read more about this assessment by clicking here.
Reading across school is promoted through:
- the library
- independent reading
- guided reading
- class novels
- reading for purpose
- reading for pleasure
Writing
Writing is a key skill promoted from the day pupils start school. Every opportunity is taken to promote writing across school.
For more details please read the Literacy policy on the Policy page
Maths
In school we follow the White Rose Maths scheme from Y1 to Y6. This is a scheme based on mastery principles and promotes in depth understanding. Alongside this there are opportunities for pupils to further develop fluency and problem solving skills. The addition and subtraction policy and the multiplication and division policy give lots of detail of the methods used within maths and explains the progression in different calculations. The Maths policy on this page explains how maths is organised across school.
There are a range of activities that you can do at home to help your child love maths here.