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English Curriculum Statement

Cultural Capital in English

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In our Celebration of God’s Gifts assembly, we were delighted to celebrate some wonderful achievements. Leon was recognised for an incredible 3,000,000 words read on Accelerated Reader – a fantastic milestone and a real testament to his love of reading.

We also celebrated Isabel, Jewelmary and Raiha, who were awarded an amazing Young Writers certificate for their published work.

We are so proud of you all! 📚✍️✨

#year5stm #englishstm #readingstm
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🗣️✨ Speak Like an Expert at St Mary’s! ✨🗣️

This term, our pupils took part in a ‘Speak Like an Expert’ challenge, developing their disciplinary oracy across the curriculum. We were absolutely blown away by the quality of talk, vocabulary and confidence shown by the children! 🤩

Each year group became experts in a different field:
🎨 Year 1 – Artists
🏅 Year 2 – Sportspeople
🙏 Year 3 – Theologians
🔬 Year 4 – Scientists
📜 Year 5 – Historians
➗ Year 6 – Mathematicians

Children practised the four strands of oracy:
🧠 Cognitive – organising and explaining ideas
🗣️ Linguistic – using ambitious, subject-specific vocabulary
👥 Social & Emotional – listening and responding respectfully
🎤 Physical – speaking clearly and confidently

The discussions, explanations and expert vocabulary we heard across the school were incredible. We are so proud of how confidently our pupils can now speak like experts! 🌟

#OracySTM #englishstm #year1stm #year2stm #year3stm #year4stm #year5stm #year6stm
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