Writing
Learn more about our Writing Curriculum
Our teaching of writing across in English will inspire, engage and challenge all children, enabling them to develop the skills to effectively communicate their ideas and emotions to others throughout the curriculum.
We aim that children will be feel compelled to write, because they will see its value. Early in school children will gain the physical capability for writing, so that they can write confidently and fluently. They will be immersed in quality texts which inspire their writing, at first learning to apply their taught phonics and punctuation before learning sophisticated writing devices as they grow older.
Phases of learning will include: practising new grammatical tools and writing devices; exploration of ambitious vocabulary; oral practise through talk activities and then a ‘showcase’ piece of writing.
In key stage 1, children are taught to spell using ELS and essential spelling. In key stage 2, spelling is taught through the ELS essential spelling and word knowledge scheme. Children are taught how to apply spelling rules with the support of a morpheme frame. Children are then supported to apply taught spelling in their writing. In order to manage children’s cognitive load, ‘writers toolkit’ pro-formas are used to support children’s application of skills.
Through the editing process, children are taught to make corrections, editions and revisions to their writing as real authors do. This process helps them to become resilient learners and to feel a genuine sense of pride when they publish a final piece of writing.
In English lessons, texts are chosen which promote high levels of engagement when read and model ambitious vocabulary and sentence structures; leading to high quality writing outcomes for all pupils.
writing progression year r to y6.pdf
Writing and Speaking Progression
Writing, as a skill, is made up of many different elements, and each are taught in order to give practise and then children are given the opportunity to apply across a range of genres and text types. The documents below show the genres of writing being explored, which aspects of grammar and spelling are being taught, and which speaking and listening skills are integrated to support their communication and writing better.
- Writing and Speaking Progression - Year 1
- Writing and Speaking Progression - Year 2
- Writing and Speaking Progression - Year 3
- Writing and Speaking Progression - Year 4
- Writing and Speaking Progression - Year 5
- Writing and Speaking Progression - Year 6