Writing

Writing

In the Foundation Stage, children are provided with a variety of opportunities to mark make and write.  As pupils develop their fine motor control, children will learn how to write their names and form letters correctly.  In Nursery, children will mark make with a range of resources, such as chalk, paint, glitter, foam and crayons.  In Reception, they will write for a number of purposes such as making a list, writing a letter or retelling something they have done. We encourage children to write by providing opportunities indoors and outdoors, such as in role-play and model making. 

In Reception and Key Stage 1, pupils are taught writing and spelling through daily, differentiated lessons based on the Read Write Inc scheme (see Read Write Inc policy for further detail) and The Power of Reading scheme.  In Key Stage 1, this is supported through class English lessons, where pupils learn more about writing for different purposes, sentence structure, grammar, spelling and punctuation.

From Reception, children develop a printed handwriting script.  Handwriting lessons are taught discretely in Key Stage 1 and in Year 2 the children begin to learn joined handwriting based on the Nelson scheme.