English at Downside

Our Intent

Our English curriculum is designed to inspire a lifelong love for language and literature. We foster a culture in which all of our learners take pride in their written and spoken language, empowering them to become articulate, confident and open-minded individuals who will thrive in the modern world. Through a well-sequenced curriculum, which is scaffolded to include all learners, we aim to inspire an appreciation of our ambitious and diverse literacy heritage.

Year 5 meet author Hannah Gold

Year 5 children joined the multi-award winning bestselling author, Hannah Gold for the official schools virtual launch of her highly anticipated new book: TURTLE MOON, her thrilling new illustrated animal adventure for kids.

Year 3 meet author Chrissie Sains 25th Oct 2024
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On Wednesday 24th October 2024, children in Year 3 enjoyed a Q& A session with Chrissie Sains, the author of 'An Alien in the Jam Factory'.

Year 5 reading 21st Oct 2024
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In Year 5, children enjoy using Oxford reading Buddy and reading good old paper copies of books.

Year 2 reading mornings 17th Oct 2024
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Every Thursday from 8:45 until 9:00 we open the doors to our wonderful parents so that they can hear us read. Here are some photos of us reading with our parents.

Year 5 meet author Hannah Gold 16th Oct 2024
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Year 3 meets author Chrissie Sains 16th Oct 2024
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Year 3 loved meeting author Chrissie Sains virtually this week. They have loved reading her book, An Alien in the Jam Factory, this half term. It was lovely to ask Chrissie so many of questions.

Year R - Literacy - Goldilocks 11th Oct 2024
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In our Literacy lessons this week we have been learning the story of Goldilocks and the the three bears. We have learned about the characters feelings and have use role play to retell the story.

Downsides Future Stars Art Gallery 9th Jul 2024
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This afternoon it was time to let the art do the talking at the annual Downside Art Gallery. The quality and range of work was exceptional and once again just shows how talented Downside children are.

Reception World Book Day 18th Mar 2024
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Reception had a fantastic time celebrating World Book Day.

Year 3 World book day 18th Mar 2024
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Year 3 have enjoyed celebrating World Book Day. We have designed our dream Reading Den and created a comic strip based on the book ,InvestiGators by John Patrick Green.

Year 5 World Book Day 2024 13th Mar 2024
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Video Call Brampton Class enjoyed a Horrible Histories: The Big Rotten Roman Quiz with Terry Deary. Children had great fun answering the questions.

Year 2 World Book Day 13th Mar 2024
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In Year 2 we celebrated World Book Day in lots of different ways. We explored new books, had a live author lesson, designed a reading den for our classrooms, created our own comics and lots more!

Year 2 Wormy Spaghetti 5th Mar 2024
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In our Literacy lessons, we are writing a character description for Mr Twit. We decided the best way to write about his behaviour was to act like him ourselves so we got messy eating our 'wormy spaghetti'.

It's Gruffalo model time! 29th Feb 2024
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Look at the wonderful Gruffalo models we made at home!

Reception- There's no such thing as a Gruffalo!!!! 16th Feb 2024
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Our learning this half term has been based around the story of The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson

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Year 5 meet author Hannah Gold