English

Intent

 At Petham Primary School to provide pupils with the opportunity to write for a wide range of audiences. We intend to extend and develop their vocabulary and sentence structure, in order to independently produce high-quality and engaging pieces across the curriculum.  

It is our aim to: 

• Provide pupils with the opportunity to plan, draft, edit and evaluate their writing. 

• Ensure pupils can confidently identify and write for the audience, purpose and context.

• Encourage and support the use of neat, joined handwriting.

• Support and develop the pupils’ increasingly wide knowledge of vocabulary and grammar.

• Provide pupils with regular teaching of spelling, so that children can confidently identify spelling patterns and strategies to support them so that they can independently edit their work.

Implementation 

Our core values are interwoven through our English curriculum. Pupils will develop their leadership skills through group work and independent research. Speaking and listening skills will further develop this core value. Organisation is an important value that will be fostered throughout our English curriculum. These skills will de honed as the pupils learn to organise their written work; including using and developing toolkits to support their knowledge of a writing genre. Resilience is a skill that we develop in our English curriculum particularly in the editing, reframing and reimagining element of our learning (see implementation below), pupils use their initiative to create new pieces of writing, and feel confident to take on new challenges in their learning. Communication is developed particularly in the sharing and 'publishing' element our our learning. The pupils love to share their pieces with each other and support one another in developing and improving their work. It is a supportive and encouraging environment, that we develop alongside the children, so that all children feel and know that they are all authors capable of wonderful writing. 

Progression of Skills in Writing

Progression of Skills

Impact