We promote a positive culture where all children find reading and writing enjoyable. We expect all our children to be avid, fluent readers and writers in all subjects, reading for information and enjoyment accessing a wide range of rich, diverse, quality texts from different genres, authors and cultures, including poetry. Through this, we want to develop a lifelong love of reading and writing that feeds into a knowledge of the world around them.

In order to do this, Tollgate children will:

• be given the opportunity to make informed choices about their reading and writing, and will express preferences and opinions
• write clearly, accurately and coherently, adapting their language and style in and for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences
• be provided with a language-rich environment, helping them to acquire a wide vocabulary, deepening their understanding of grammar and reinforcing phonetic knowledge, spelling patterns and rules
• become confident speakers and active listeners; they will use these skills to communicate and further their learning