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English - Writing
Writing at Green Gates is an inspiring and Implementation - Early Years Foundation Stage
creative subject which engages and
encourages children to write for relevant In Reception, the writing process focuses on the
children’s oral composition. The children take part in
and meaningful purposes. Writing is focused daily small group drawing club sessions to develop
on the National Curriculum and ensures the their vocabulary, oral composition and transcription
development of skills throughout school. skills. The children use a text as a stimulus for
Teachers use a range of techniques writing and will orally compose before sharing their
ideas orally and through pictures, before writing,
including cross curricular links and engaging when they are ready to do so. Oral composition is
hooks to stimulate children’s creativity. prioritised so that the children know how to
Teachers have a deep knowledge and articulate their ideas.
understanding of the subject and plan Transcription skills are a key focus in Reception and
inspiring lessons. the children take part in daily handwriting sessions
Intent
and write dictated words and captions when ready.
Implementation - Key Stage One / Two
As a school, we aim to:
In Year 1, where the focus is on transcription, the
Develop a positive attitude towards writing; writing process for composition is less relevant.
Develop skills through creative and inspiring However, generating ideas orally as a class offers a
teaching of appropriate learning objectives; manageable planning process for sentence-level
Help children appreciate our rich and varied composition or a teacher may encourage a pupil to
literary heritage; say aloud what they are going to write about and
Teach children to write in a range of styles share any writing they produce with their peers or
and genres parents/carers. The phases of the writing process
Teach children how to write clearly, accurately can thus be applied in a light-touch manner.
and coherently, adapting their language and
style appropriately. The writing process is likely to be used only at the
sentence level in year 2 and may sometimes be
completed orally. For example, a planning process
may ask pupils to identify apt words for improving
their sentences before their composition. Similarly,
simple revisions can include strategies such as
reading their sentence aloud to the class and
receiving feedback on how they might improve it to
make it more compelling for the reader.
It is in key stage 2, when pupils begin to compose
whole texts, that the process will become more
developed and pupils begin to understand that the
process is not linear, with phases being returned to
as part of composition. For example, during the
drafting of an argument, pupils may be encouraged
to make ‘planning stops’ to check their writing
includes the appropriate evidence, before making
revisions. As composition develops, they will,
increasingly, make their own choices about the
process they use to improve their writing.
The sequence may vary depending on the year group
of the children. Some examples are outlined below
to help support staff.
