At Swillington Primary School, our mission is to provide a transformative cradle-to-career education that allows our children to enjoy lives of choice and opportunity.
Children who read or are read to regularly have the opportunity to open the doors to so many different worlds!
More importantly, reading will give your child the tools to become an independent, lifelong learner.
We develop early readers by:
- Using Read Write Inc, a programme to help to your child read at school
- Encouraging children to develop a love of books by reading to them daily, at home and at school
- Giving children access to a wide range of books at school and at home
At Swillington Primary School, we use Read Write Inc Phonics (RWI) to give your child the best possible start with their English development.
What is Read Write Inc?
Read Write Inc (RWI) is a complete phonics literacy programme which helps all children learn to read fluently and at speed so they can focus on developing their skills in comprehension, vocabulary and spelling. The programme is designed for children aged 4-7. However, at Swillington Primary School, we begin the programme in Nursery and will continue teaching RWI to children beyond the age of 7, as we use a stage, not age, approach.
RWI was developed by Ruth Miskin, and more information on this can be found here.
We have been working closely with the Jerry Clay Academy, funded by the Department for Education to support schools in achieving excellence in teaching reading and early language development. We started our journey and staff training for Read Write Inc during the Summer Term of 2021. This was a vital process to ensure that our delivery today is the best it can be!
Mrs McEvoy is our Read Write Inc lead teacher. If you have questions about RWI, contact the school, which can refer you to Mrs McEvoy.
Dates for your diary
Events
School closures
Training Day
School closed to pupils
Training Day
School closed to pupils
Bank Holiday
Easter Monday
Bank Holiday
May Day
Training Day
School closed to pupils
Key Documents
Term dates 2024-25
Holiday Dates
Term Dates
Autumn Term 1
Monday 2nd Sept to Friday 25th Oct
Autumn Term 2
Spring Term 1
Monday 24th Feb to Thursday 4th Apr
Monday 6th Jan to Friday 14th Feb
Monday 4th Nov to Friday 20th Dec
Tuesday 22nd Apr to Friday 23rd May
Spring Term 2
Christmas Holidays
Monday 23rd Dec to Friday 3rd Jan
Half Term
Monday 28th Oct to Friday 1st Nov
Half Term
Monday 17th Feb to Friday 21st Feb
Summer Term 1
Easter Holidays
Monday 7th Apr to Monday 21st Apr
Summer Term 2
Half Term
Monday 26th May to Friday 30th May
Summer Holidays
Monday 21st Jul to Friday 29th Aug
Monday 2nd June to Friday 18th Jul
Here are our curricular plans for each class. This year we are currently on cycle B.
