English

4th October 2022M Hanratty

At Marsden Primary School, English is at the heart of our curriculum; it is the foundation on which every subject is built. We aim to deliver a quality English curriculum which develops a children’s love of speaking and listening, reading, and writing that will last them a lifetime. By giving pupils the key literacy skills, it enables them to access material in all curriculum areas, and provides a foundation for their learning throughout their school career.

To find out more about our English curriculum, please click on the documents below:

Mr Payne takes on the Y5 Amazon Bush Tucker Trial! 🐜

23rd June 2026M Hanratty

In Year 5, we are reading a book about four children who crash-land in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. They need to eat whatever they can to survive, including bugs!

We set Mr Payne the stomach-churning challenge of trying some bugs to see whether he could survive. Some received a surprising thumbs up, such as the wasabi mealworms, while others were less successful, including the honey and mustard locusts!

Year 1 Author Webinar

1st May 2026S Hume

Year 1 had a fantastic opportunity to share some time with the author Huw Aaron as he shared his new book Monkeypig with us. He read us the story, told us where he got his ideas for the story from and he even helped us learn how to draw some of the characters from the story. We loved the story because it was very funny and I think we did an amazing job at drawing the monkeypig Molly! We are now looking forward to reading the story ourselves in class in our book area.