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At Springfield Juniors, we are aiming for communication to lie at the heart of classroom practice where pupils learn through, and are taught to talk. Believing that literacy and communication are life skills, we aspire to develop these and equip pupils with the ability to become life-long learners. We are striving to enable all pupils to use speech to express their thoughts and communicate articulately with others. 
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Weekly classroom based talking assemblies and follow up lessons, allow the children to discuss a range of current news topics , enabling them to develop their oracy skills through exploratory and presentational talk.   
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During  "Story Telling" week John Harris (a children's author) performed to every class.  Following on from this the pupils re-told a range stories in a school competition.  ​Ten lucky children from Year 4 were chosen to perform "The Man in Search of his Luck" at the Wolsey theatre in front of a live audience. 
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Adding a stage to our canopy area has encouraged pupils to perform to their peers at playtimes including poetry recitals, short plays and talking on a topic of their choice.
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Maraiker (a puppeteer) is a regular visitor to Springfield and she allows children to develop their oracy skills further through puppet workshops. 

Across the years, the love of reading is nurtured and pupils develop as confident, competent readers who are encouraged to use the school library and  access a wide range of fiction and non-fiction texts.   We have an inviting library which is open for each class for one day per week.  
World book day 2019 and design a box competition photos
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Accelerated Reader allows us to monitor and support all pupils' independent reading. Class, year group and whole school competitions engage pupils in reading. All pupils participate in a range of Guided Reading / Book Talk within their class, as well as experiencing a range of literature through class shared texts in "Demonstration Reading" sessions. 

Writing is an integral part of the whole school curriculum. A wide range of teaching strategies (including sentence staking), cross-curricular stimuli, purposes and audiences are explored across the school to support children's writing. Grammar, handwriting and spelling are taught both independently (using Spelling Shed and Letter-join) as well as embedded in all literacy lessons. 
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​Children's creativity is enhanced through a weekly before school writing group run by Fred Sedgewick (a children's author). 
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    • Our Coronavirus Lockdown! 19 - 20 >
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      • Home Learning Project 2020
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    • Our Coronavirus Lockdown 2021
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    • Current Vacancies
  • Key Information
    • Assessment
    • SEND
    • School Development Plan
    • Curriculum >
      • Our Curriculum Content
      • English
      • Maths
      • Science
      • History and Geography
      • The Arts
      • Physical Education >
        • Dance Sessions with Sam Moss
      • RE and PSHE
      • ICT
      • Modern Foreign Language
    • Library
    • British Values
    • Equalities
    • Performance data and Ofsted
    • Policies
    • Pupil Premium
    • Catch Up Funding
    • Sports Premium
    • School Council
  • Our Learning
    • Remote Learning 20 - 21
    • Top Tips for Remote Learning
    • Additional Home Learning
    • Pupil Wellbeing
    • Year 3
    • Year 4
    • Year 5
    • Year 6
    • Transition for September 2020
    • Leavers 2020
    • Ms Whitmore's Art Gallery
    • Christmas 2020
  • Clubs
    • Musical Theatre
    • Boys dance club and Choir
    • Chamber and Fun Choir
    • Band Academy
  • Contact us