Writing

Intent for Writing

Pupils of Edison Primary School will develop strong communication skills that will allow them to articulate themselves in both written and spoken language. 

Using their creativity and imagination, they will be able to write in a variety of genres and compose texts that convey meaning and understanding.

Pupils will develop strong vocabulary, grammar and punctuation skills; use a range of sentence structures and cohesive devices to organise their writing and be confident to edit and draft their ideas independently.

Implementation

EYFS Implementation

In Reception, writing begins with talk. Children rehearse what they want to say before they write it, drawing on the stories, rhymes and discussion that fill the day, and building the vocabulary they will need to put on paper. Transcription is taught through daily Read Write Inc (RWI)  phonics lessons: children learn to hear and say the sounds in a word, to form each letter correctly, and to spell words by identifying their sounds and writing the corresponding graphemes. 

Alongside this, purposeful opportunities to write are woven through continuous provision indoors and outdoors, so that children write for reasons that matter to them. This is taught through the delivery of the Get Writing Scheme ( which is part of RWI). Fine and gross motor activities develop the strength and control needed to hold a pencil comfortably and effectively. 

By the end of Reception, children are working towards writing recognisable letters, spelling words by identifying sounds, and composing simple phrases and sentences that others can read.

KS1 Implementation

In Key Stage 1, writing is taught through the English curriculum around the same high-quality core texts that drive our reading lessons, so that pupils write with a clear model, audience and purpose in mind. 

Transcription continues through Read Write Inc, with pupils segmenting spoken words into phonemes, learning common exception words, and applying spelling patterns and suffixes; handwriting is taught explicitly using the scheme Letter Join, with correct letter formation and spacing in Year 1 and the beginnings of joining in Year 2.

In composition, pupils say out loud what they are going to write, compose a sentence orally before writing it, and sequence sentences to form short narratives and simple non-fiction. They re-read their work to check it makes sense, discuss it with adults and with each other, and read it aloud clearly to an audience. 

Grammar and punctuation are taught within this writing, moving from capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks in Year 1 to expanded noun phrases, coordination and subordination, commas in lists, apostrophes and consistent tense in Year 2.

KS2 Implementation

In Key Stage 2, pupils write at length across a widening range of forms — narrative, poetry and non-fiction — again rooted in the diverse, challenging core texts they are studying. The writing process is taught explicitly and followed every time: pupils plan by identifying audience and purpose and by discussing and recording ideas; they draft, organising paragraphs around a theme, describing settings, characters and atmosphere, and using dialogue to convey character and advance the action; and they evaluate and edit, proposing changes to vocabulary, grammar and punctuation to clarify meaning and enhance effect before proofreading for errors. 

Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation are taught in the context of this writing and build year on year, from fronted adverbials and expanded noun phrases in lower Key Stage 2 to relative clauses, modal verbs, the passive voice, and semi-colons, colons and dashes in upper Key Stage 2, with pupils learning to move deliberately between formal and informal registers. 

Spelling is taught systematically through the statutory word lists and spelling rules for each year group, and through the continuation of Letter Join Handwriting Scheme, handwriting develops in legibility, fluency and speed. Pupils regularly perform and read aloud their own writing, using intonation and volume to make meaning clear.

Impact for Writing

Pupils at Edison Primary School demonstrate strong communication skills in both spoken and written form; they are able to compose ideas and formulate writing  in a range of genres, which demonstrates the use of a wide range of vocabulary, accurate grammar and punctuation skills. 

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