Writing

• We aim to develop children’s ability to produce well-structured, detailed writing in which the meaning is made clear and which engages the interest of the audience/reader. The audience, purpose and the form that the writing takes is the basis of all our writing units and is embedded throughout the writing process. Our approach covers the transcription and composition requirements of the National Curriculum.
• Throughout Early years, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, our writing follows the book-led curriculum in place across Leigh Trust. The writing opportunities are then developed as a year group, and we practise a range of forms; there is a mixture of non-fiction and narrative based opportunities which help to develop and embed the writing skills. Our curriculum allows the children to be immersed in high quality texts providing a purpose for writing. Drama and role-play are also used to encourage interactive learning and promote the children’s imagination, as an aid to scaffolding their writing. At the start of the writing process, children are exposed to many samples of the writing genre, which enables them to capture ideas and secure their understanding. This is followed by teacher modelling of writing, shared writing, guided writing and talk for writing experiences which develop the children’s knowledge and skills in readiness for their own independent writing.
• Teachers support the writing journey through the use of working walls as well as guided writing to target specific needs of groups and individuals. We celebrate the progress of the writing journey for each child by displaying a piece of work by every child each half term.

Leigh Trust Writing Policy