WRITING
Writing
At Radbrook, teachers promote writing and look for ways to inspire and motivate pupils so that they see themselves as ‘writers’. Teachers establish the purpose and audience for writing and make teaching objectives explicit to pupils so they know why they are studying a particular text type, the kind of writing activities they need to undertake and what the expected outcome will be. Writing is taught according to National Curriculum expectations in terms of knowledge and skills. Genre aspects of teaching are repeated throughout the years using quality texts that ensure progression. Knowledge and skills are consolidated and developed in each year, following a clear progression plan. Teachers model the writing process, providing a context for discussion and demonstration of grammatical features at word, sentence and text level.
Our aim is that all children should;
- use writing to consolidate and develop thinking
- write with interest, commitment and enjoyment
- write with confidence in different contexts and for different purposes and audiences
- be increasingly aware of the conventions of writing, including grammar, punctuation and spelling
- punctuate to make meaning clear to the reader
- plan, draft and edit their writing to suit the purpose
- work with peers to discuss and evaluate their writing
- develop writing stamina
- where appropriate, use ICT for presenting work and manipulating text
- form letters correctly, leading to a fluent joined and legible handwriting style, giving increasing regard to presentation
- develop an independent approach to spelling and to word acquisition
