Writing

A key part of the pupils' literacy learning is learning to write. This is much more complicated than it sounds!

From the foundations of mark making, developing fine motor skills and learning that words have meaning to becoming fluent, coherent, creative and imaginative writers by the time they leave us, the children learn a lot on their writing journey!

At Two Moors, we want pupils to leave us knowing that the words they write have meaning and can be used as a form of communication. They will understand that writing can be formal or informal, can be funny, informative, useful, creative, scary, dramatic, and so much more! They will be exposed to different genres of writing, gaining an in depth understanding of the features of different text types. Within this, pupils will learn how to write grammatically accurate sentences that are varied in length and structure, are punctuated accurately and with correct spellings and in a neat, legible style.

Our writing curriculum is delivered through the 'Power of Reading' from the CLPE. Through this, a huge range of high quality texts are used to inspire the children and help them write in a variety of styles. Pupils learn to link reading and writing at an early age - they read the books, unpick key features, details, characters and more and from this, draft their own writing, learn to edit their own and others' work and finally learn to present their final pieces. Teachers provide high quality written and verbal feedback throughout the writing process to ensure progress.

Children write up their final drafts for their 'Chance To Shine' folders. These folders stay with the pupils throughout their journey with us and by the end, it is wonderful to look back at the progress made not just throughout each year, but throughout their entire school journey with us.