Children write on a wide variety of topics and become progressively aware of the notion of the purpose and audience- writing in various ways to achieve different communicative purposes (poems, notes, letters, pamphlets,
plays, stories etc.).

The children learn through a series of lessons around the structure of ‘read’, ‘write’, ‘plan’, ‘create’, 'edit'. This allows them to be immersed in high quality texts, explore their features, plan their own writing and then create and edit this. ‘Talk for Writing’ is also used across the school. This is an engaging framework developed by Pie Corbett based on how children learn. It enables the children to imitate language for a topic, read and analyse texts and then write their own versions.

A clear legible style of handwriting is taught and children are encouraged to develop their own style based on our scheme, which is used throughout the school as a basis for forming and joining letters. They develop the ability to spell, to punctuate, to use spacing and paragraphs and to structure their writing to enable them to communicate in writing clearly and effectively. Planning and editing, both collaborative and non-collaborative, helps children reflect upon their writing and constantly strive to improve their work.