Subject Leader: Miss A Jude

Subject Intent: At King Edward Primary School, the teaching of writing is of paramount importance within a broad and balanced curriculum. We want our children to see themselves as authors. Our aim is to ensure that every child within our school leaves our school as a competent writer and with an understanding of the conventions of Standard English and when to use it effectively.

This ability to write with confidence for a range of purposes and audiences ensures that children leave King Edward fully prepared for their secondary education, ready to achieve their aspirations and thrive in their adult life.

The writing curriculum at King Edward encourages children to immerse themselves in different text types, understand the features and impact of these, and realise the importance of them beyond education. In addition to novels, staff will also use film and imagery as a stimulus for writing.

As our intent is for children to see themselves as authors, we provide a range of opportunities for writing for purpose. We promote the status of written work by giving children chances to have their writing published and by read by real audiences.

Curriculum Drivers:

Excited – Children are given opportunities to write for a range of audiences and purposes. Teachers will follow the children’s interests to spark their ideas rather than rigidly sticking to a set list. Children will have the opportunity to enter writing competitions and will publish their writing for audiences and display purposes.

Global Citizens – Children will write about topics that link to people, places and their planet. Staff will include relevant and in the news topics to develop children’s wider knowledge.

Inquisitive – Children will explore text types and vocabulary. They will want to find out more after working with short pieces of text

Knowledgeable – Children will develop their substantive knowledge in order to become more confident and effective writers. They will be able to recognise errors in their own writing and edit these effectively.

Resilient – Children will be supported to overcome errors. Editing and drafting lessons will support them with this.