Writing

Writing Intent 

Bretherton Endowed Primary School believes that English skills are vital to the development of children, so they are prepared for their future life.  A broad and balanced English programme using objectives from the National Curriculum 2014, determines the skills that each year group and Key Stage must cover.  A range of genres studied and promoted.  A variety of resources are used to promote a reading and writing culture.  Children are given a range of writing opportunities including the use of paired, group and independent writing tasks.  A culture of learning from each other is promoted through use of co-operative learning structures.  This is developed across both key stages, so that the children learn to respond appropriately and supportively to each other regardless of gender, age, cultural or ethnic background. 

The aims of teaching writing in our school are to develop pupils who: 

• show high levels of achievement and exhibit very positive attitudes towards writing. 
• use and understand language as speakers, readers and writers. 

• are competent, confident and independent in the use of language in their writing. 
• have an awareness of different audiences and purposes for writing. 
• apply their grammatical knowledge in their writing. 
• apply their phonetical and spelling knowledge in their writing. 
• apply the English language in all areas of the curriculum. 

Pupils will be given opportunities to interrelate the requirements of English within a broad and balanced approach to the teaching of English across the curriculum, with opportunities to consolidate and reinforce taught literacy skills. English will be promoted in all areas of the curriculum and throughout each classes theme. 

At Bretherton Endowed school we strive for children to be a ‘Primary Literate Pupil’ 

By the end of year 6. we aim for a child to be able to: 

• read and write with confidence, fluency and understanding, orchestrating a range of independent strategies to self-monitor and correct. 
• have an interest in books and read for enjoyment 
• have an interest in words, their meanings; developing a growing vocabulary in spoken and written forms. 
• understand a range of text types and genres – be able to write in a variety of styles and forms appropriate to the situation. 

• be developing the powers of imagination, inventiveness and critical awareness.   
• have a suitable technical vocabulary to articulate their responses. 

Writing

During Key Stage 1, pupils encode the sounds they hear in words (spelling skills), develop the physical skill needed for handwriting, and learn how to organise their ideas in writing. They will be encouraged to develop positive attitudes towards and stamina for writing. During Key Stage 2, pupils develop the understanding that writing is both essential to thinking and learning, and enjoyable in its own right. They start to explore how the English language can be used to express meaning in different ways. They use the planning, drafting and editing process to improve their work and to sustain their fiction and non-fiction writing.  The children will also learn to write consistently with neat, legible and joined handwritipelling, Grammar and  

Pupils are shown how to understand the relationships between words, how to understand nuances in meaning, and how to develop their understanding of, and ability to use, figurative language. They are shown how to work out and clarify the meanings of unknown words and words with more than one meaning.

Pupils are taught to control their speaking and writing consciously and to use Standard English. They are taught to use the elements of spelling, grammar, punctuation and ‘language about language’ listed in the National Curriculum. Pupils are taught the vocabulary they need to discuss their reading, writing and spoken language. They will learn the correct grammatical terms in English. 

Spelling, Grammar and Vocabulary

Pupils are shown how to understand the relationships between words, how to understand nuances in meaning, and how to develop their understanding of, and ability to use, figurative language. They are shown how to work out and clarify the meanings of unknown words and words with more than one meaning.

Pupils are taught to control their speaking and writing consciously and to use Standard English. They are taught to use the elements of spelling, grammar, punctuation and ‘language about language’ listed in the National Curriculum. Pupils are taught the vocabulary they need to discuss their reading, writing and spoken language. They will learn the correct grammatical terms in English.

Take a look at our parent workshop powerpoint and documents to find out more about how you can help your child with writing. 

Key action for year 2023-2024

• To ensure shared language across the school is established, used by teachers and students, to describe and give feedback on good oracy. 

• Teachers offer opportunities for developing oracy each lesson to enhance student learning 

• Ensure that writing opportunities within the broader curriculum are fully developed. All opportunities for meaningful writing are taken advantage o
• To plan for the use of key vocabulary within all subject areas and explicitly teach genre specific and topic specific vocabulary 
• To relaunch Spelling Shed to ensure it is purposefully used and children are able to apply spelling patterns in their writing 
• To ensure morphology and etymology are used in the teaching of spelling.

• To increase whole school opportunities to write for purpose to support internal moderation and sharing of expectations and exemplary models 

   

• To continue to foster and develop our children’s love of writing. 

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