Writing
Intent
Our writing curriculum ensures that all children develop strong foundational skills in writing, which they can then apply confidently across various subjects and in their everyday lives. We foster a love for writing by providing a rich and stimulating environment that promotes creativity, imagination, and self-expression. We do this by carefully linking our thematic books to the objectives set out in the National Curriculum and the Early Years Foundation Stage.
Medium Term Planning
EYFS
Autumn 1 - Marvellous Me
Autumn 2 - Once Upon a Time
Spring 1 - We're Going On a Journey
Spring 2 - Moving and Making
Summer 1 - How Does Your Garden Grow?
Year 1
Autumn 1 - To The Rescue
Autumn 2- Schools in the Past
Spring 1 - Bright Lights
Spring 2 - Wonderful Woodland
Summer 1 - Wings, Paws, Scales and Claws
Year 2
Autumn 1 - At the Seaside
Autumn 2 - Mix It Up!
Spring 1 - One Small Step
Spring 2 - Let's Grow!
Summer 1 - Its a Bugs Life
Grammarsaurus
We use Grammarsaurus in the Autumn Term of Year 1 and Year 2, teaching 'Place Value' of Grammar. This ensures we embed those vital foundations for writing, so children understand the structure of a sentence and the types and purpose of each word.
Handwriting
Handwriting is taught explicitly in Reception and Key Stage 1 using Letter Join.
Children will -
- Develop fine motor skills.
- Understand the importance of correct posture and paper position whether right or left-handed.
- Hold and use a pen/pencil effectively.
- • Learn how to start and finish letters correctly.
- Form letters of consistent size and shape.
- • Use regular spaces between words.
- Form upper and lower-case letters correctly.
- Join letters correctly.
- Be able to use different styles of writing for different purposes.
- Understand the importance of neat and clear presentation in order to communicate meaning effectively.
All children use the ‘Letter Join’ cursive script with a lead out but not in; this is our school script. Handwriting is taught as an explicit lesson in most classes or in combination with spelling, and children have the opportunity to practice and refine their handwriting skills though all areas of the curriculum. We also send access home so that children an continue to practise.
Spelling
All children in Reception and Year 1 have access to a daily lesson of Phonics, this includes the teaching of the spelling of Common exception words. Children in Year 2 will access Phonics daily until they are ready to move onto our spelling scheme.
Children in KS1 are given time weekly to correct spelling mistakes that they have made within their writing. Spelling is important to all children and it is essential that they are given every opportunity to embed key spelling rules so that they are then able to apply them to their own writing.
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