Intent

All children are provided with many opportunities to; develop and apply their writing; to plan, revise and evaluate their writing, focusing on developing on both transcription and composition. They will also develop an awareness of the audience, purpose and context, and an increasingly wide knowledge of vocabulary and grammar. We aim for all pupils to leave school being able to use fluent, legible and speedy handwriting.

Implementation

At St Clement’s, writing begins from a very early age – as soon as a child can mark make. Gross and fine motor skills are developed through our provision within the reception class (EYFS), ensuring all children are developmentally prepared to form letters correctly (taught in Read Write Inc).

In reception, writing is introduced primarily through oral storytelling and discussion. We also use Drawing Club to open up the magic world of tales and stories to children whilst at the same time enriching their language skills and developing their fine motor skills.

In Key Stage 1 and 2, children write in various genres for a range of purposes. They analyse the model text and unpick the grammatical features and organisation, in order to apply these in their own writing.

Throughout, all year groups, we teach writing through engaging and challenging texts. This supports them in the application of vocabulary and structure.