Writing

You can see details of the national curriculum for English here

Our Curriculum

At St. Anne's, we want all children to be confident, passionate and enthusiastic writers, with the skills and flair to express themselves fluently using the written word.

Composition: communicating our ideas

At St. Anne’s we have adopted the “I Am A Clever Writer” approach. Through a range of model texts and our skills-based lessons, children are given the opportunity to explore a wide range of exciting, engaging and diverse texts to stimulate writing across a variety of genres. Children are encouraged to write for a range of audiences with purpose and intent, building on their prior knowledge to produce quality writing that showcases not only their technical skills, but their creativity and passions too.

Writing is celebrated as an integral part of all learning at St Anne’s and children are encouraged to share their writing with their peers, as well as with their parents and adults in school. This is particularly highlighted during events such as Remembrance Day, World Book Day, Grandparents’ Week and Celebrations of the Word.

Transcription, handwriting and spelling: the process of writing

Across all key stages, pupils develop and refine their handwriting skills. Continued practice of these skills allows pupils to focus more attention on their creativity and content when writing.

Handwriting is taught both discreetly and within phonics and writing lessons. Children begin forming their letters in Reception, and progress onto printing and then cursive (joined) writing as they move through Years 2 – 6.

In EYFS and Key Stage 1, spelling is taught in conjunction with our phonics scheme, Rocket Phonics, and children also focus on common exception words and the year group word lists from the National Curriculum each week. In Key Stage 2, pupils build on the phonic skills that the children acquire in Key Stage 1 and applying these skills to age appropriate words.

Children across St Anne’s are supported through the Spelling Shed scheme to learn skills and apply spelling knowledge across their writing through their daily lessons and strategies taught within these lessons.