English & Novel Study
At St Mary's we believe that books open doors into new and exciting worlds! We use high quality novels and picture books as stimuli to enrich our curriculum, extend our children's experiences and build cultural capital. Our English curriculum is holistic and offers opportunities for reading, writing and oracy as well as the opportunity for children to gain first hand experience of the settings through our immersive environments. Lessons are based on the 'Reader Response Theory', meaning children are encouraged to give and justify their own points of view on concepts and issues raised. Please see the photographs and documents below for further details of the texts studied and examples of our environments across school.