The English curriculum at Temple Mill Primary School serves as a cornerstone in fostering language proficiency, literary appreciation, and effective communication skills among our students. Aligned with our school motto ‘Give your best, expect success’, the English curriculum is designed to empower students to strive for excellence in their language abilities and to cultivate a mindset of perseverance and achievement.

Through a rich and diverse range of texts, writing tasks, and speaking and listening activities, our English curriculum not only equips students with the essential skills needed for academic success but also nurtures their creativity and critical thinking capabilities. By exploring different genres, styles, and forms of writing, students are encouraged to express themselves confidently and imaginatively, reflecting the spirit of our school motto.

Furthermore, the English curriculum at Temple Mill Primary School emphasises the importance of collaboration, feedback, and continuous improvement, instilling in our students the values of resilience and growth. By setting high expectations and providing support and guidance, we enable our students to realise their potential and achieve success in English and beyond.

Speaking and Listening

At Temple Mill, the aim for Speaking and Listening is to provide a curriculum that fosters confident, articulate, and respectful communicators who can express themselves effectively in a variety of contexts. The school aims to create a rich language environment that celebrates diversity and promotes active listening, enabling pupils to engage thoughtfully with a range of spoken language forms and develop their oracy skills across subjects.

Reading

Reading at Temple Mill fosters a love for literature, develop critical thinking skills, and ensure every pupil becomes a proficient reader. We aim to create an inclusive reading environment that celebrates diversity and promotes a range of texts to engage and challenge all learners. Our curriculum is designed to immerse pupils in high-quality fiction, non-fiction, and poetry to broaden their horizons and deepen their understanding of the world around them. We aspire for every child to leave primary school with a lifelong passion for reading and the skills necessary to succeed academically and beyond.

Writing 

Temple Mill ignites a love for writing, developing pupils' skills across various genres, and ensuring that writing is purposeful, engaging, and inclusive for all learners. The curriculum is designed to progressively build upon pupils' prior knowledge, ensuring a clear and structured sequence of learning objectives that are ambitious and cater to the needs of every child. Through a rich and varied curriculum, pupils are exposed to high-quality texts, vocabulary, and writing opportunities that inspire creativity, critical thinking, and a deep understanding of language. The intent is not just to meet academic standards but to nurture confident and independent writers who can express themselves effectively in different contexts.

Curriculum Overview

Key Texts for Nursery & Reception

Year Group	T1 key texts	T2 key texts	T3 key texts	T4 key texts	T5 key texts	T6 key texts
Nursery	Fiction  So Much Love  Wer’e Going on a Bear Hunt  Marmalade  The Colour Monster   Non-fiction  People who help us-police officer  People who help us- Dentist	Fiction  Kipper’s Birthday  The Princess and the Pea  Rosie’s Walk  Kipper’s Christmas Eve  How to Catch a Star    Non-Fiction  The Nativity Story  Rama and Sita	Fiction  Mr Gumpy’s Motor Car  Amazing Aeroplanes  Oi! Get off our Train  The Train Ride    Welcome to Alien School  All aboard the London Bus	Fiction  Oliver’s Vegetables  The Growing Story  The Enormous Turnip  Sunflower House  Jack and the Beanstalk  The Easter Story	Fiction  The Very Hungry Caterpillar  The Monkey Puzzle  Super Worm  What the Ladybird Heard  Spider Sandwich	Fiction  Goldilocks and the Three Bears  Three Little Pigs  Three Billy Goats Gruff  Little Red Riding Hood  Hansel and Gretel
Reception	It’s Good to be different  Owl babies  Ruby worries  The colourful Monster  So Much Love  Supertato  People who help us-police officer  People who help us- Dentist	Kipper’s Birthday  The scarecrow’s wedding  Rama and Sita  The Nativity Story  The Jolly Christmas  Postman  Proudest Blue	Penguin  Lost and found  Harry and the bucketful of dinosaurs  How to grow a dinosaur  Flinn and the pirate dinosaur  I wanna igunna  Night pirates  If Sharks Disappeared	Handa’s Surprise  Enormous Turnip  Oliver’s vegetables  Oliver’s fruit salad  Jack and the Jellybean  Katie and the Sunflower	Hungry Caterpillar  The Snail and the Whale  Yucky worms  Christopher’s caterpillars  Bad tempered ladybird	Lady bird favourite rhymes  Goldilocks and the three bears  Cinderella (John Kurtz)  The gingerbread man  Pigs May Fly