Writing

Intent

We have designed our English Writing Curriculum to:

• Provide a clear sequence of writing, building on pupils’ prior knowledge, making meaningful connections with reading.
• Through modelling writing, teachers demonstrate high-expectations and the use of appropriate grammatical features, exciting vocabulary and varied punctuation.
• Children are given extended opportunities to write in a range of forms; the curriculum is designed to provide real purpose experiences to promote a love of writing.
• We encourage consistent and well-presented pieces of written work; providing opportunities to ‘publish’ their work.

Implementation:

English Writing at Husthwaite is taught in blocks of fiction, non-fiction and poetry each term so that children regularly revisit areas of learning to continue to develop skills and commit them to their long-term memory. The English Curriculum is complemented through the use of Hamilton Trust schemes of work. Units are focused around high-quality texts designed to inspire accomplished writing on a wide range of themes. ESPaG objectives are directly linked to the quality texts and genres of writing children are focusing on.  All pupils receive a daily English Lesson and in addition to this, further reading practice and stories to enhance and support their English learning.

Handwriting is taught in EYFS and KS1 through the use of the KBER Handwriting file.

Impact:

We know that writing is inspiring and engaging through evidence of rich, cross- curricular writing opportunities with links made to children’s life experiences and the wider world.

We know that children make good progress with their writing because they show developing knowledge and skill across a range of genres, through regular opportunities to rehearse grammar, sentence and vocabulary development in both oral and written forms.