Acquisition of language and its uses are fundamental to have full access to a broad curriculum. We develop our literacy skills through phonics and early reading right up to examining audience and purpose through rich texts in Year 6. Spelling is taught both discreetly and through topic based learning. As with all subjects, support is offered where it is needed and it is quite usual for intervention groups to run for handwriting, spelling and higher level writing skills.Our phonics scheme is based on 'Rocket Phonics' while our cursive handwriting scheme is called 'Letter-join'.