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Welcome to Writing
To support the National Curriculum for English from Year 1 and the EYFS Development Matters, we follow a whole school mastery approach to writing. Units of work are delivered using high quality texts and children in all year groups are given varied opportunities for writing. Skills are built up through repetition within the units, and children apply these skills in the writing activities provided. Many opportunities for widening children’s vocabulary are given and this builds on the extensive work we do in school to provide our children with a rich and varied vocabulary.
Our topics are carefully selected across the school to help provide further opportunities to engage and motivate pupils to read and write. Wherever possible, we encourage children to use and apply their learning in other areas of the curriculum, and will often use incidental opportunities to teach and reinforce English skills in other subject areas.
Handwriting & Spelling
Handwriting is taught explicitly from the very start of children’s learning journey at St Mary’s Primary using ‘Letter Join.’ Children engage in a range of activities that develop gross and fine motor skills that will support them in their writing development as well as being explicitly taught how to hold a pencil using the correct grip. Particular attention is paid to the correct letter formation, size and consistency. Children are taught to write on the line with the correct spacing between words and to make ascenders and descenders long or tall. Handwriting practice is often combined with Phonics and spelling patterns that are being taught in the classroom so that children have a valuable and supportive context in which to develop and practise their skills. Children are taught to take pride in the presentation of their work and take care when writing in their books.
Writing around School
