Writing

Our Writing leader is Mr Gardom.

Our writing curriculum provides learners with rich and varied opportunities to write for purpose. By providing children with the understanding of what they are writing, why they are writing it and who they are writing it for encourages self-motivation and develops a love for writing.

The writing journey is at the heart of our English curriculum. Each half term, teachers plan writing lessons around a core text which links to our Learning Challenge units of work. Children develop their understanding of writing purposes by focusing on writing to entertain, persuade, inform and discuss. Children are given opportunities to plan, draft, write at length and edit and improve. Teachers model high-quality writing and have high expectations of the writing every child can produce. Learning Challenge lessons inspire the children with a clear purpose for their writing and ensures that they have the knowledge to put pencil to paper.

Vocabulary acquisition in all lessons, particularly in Learning Challenge and Reading, provides children with a wealth of appropriate vocabulary to use in their writing.

Handwriting is taught using 'Letter-join' - a whole-school scheme which provides teachers with long-term, progression plans for their year group using traditional and digital resources. We teach cursive handwriting from when children are ready in Year 1 to ensure children can join letters fluently and accurately by the end of Key Stage One.

Please see our Long Term Plans. 

From time to time, this plan may change as teachers adapt the learning to suit the needs of the children.