English - Writing
At Finedon Schools, our writing curriculum is underpinned by our knowledge that to compose well, children must first be able to transcribe well. Fluency, accuracy and stamina in transcription (handwriting and spelling) are the foundations of successful composition- securing excellent transcriptional skills is not just an early feature of a child’s writing journey in our schools, but an ongoing pursuit. To secure these skills, we follow the Read, Write, Inc. Handwriting Programme and teach spelling explicitly and progressively throughout Key Stages 1 and 2. Termly spelling objectives can be found on each year group’s Curriculum Map. Details on stage 3 of the RWI handwriting programme can be found here: RWI Stage 3 Handwriting
Compositional skills are developed via the rich, book-based Literacy Tree curriculum, which immerses children in high-quality, diverse texts aimed to inspire and motivate them to write. For more information about Literacy Tree, follow the link: https://literacytree.com/
Carefully sequenced teaching, which ensures a clear sense of progression and comprehensive curriculum coverage, guides children to develop and practise the skills of composition, at word, sentence and whole-text level. Our Literacy Tree units ensure that this learning takes place within the contexts of planning, drafting, revising, editing and publishing for a range of meaningful purposes and audiences.
For support with understanding the skill-range and terminology that will be taught and expected at KS2, please follow this link to our guide:
This includes exemplification of how children’s understanding of these skills and terms might be assessed by the end of KS2 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Test.
Our curriculum maps can be found below: