Writing
Intent:
At Camps Hill, our intent is to develop imaginative, competent and confident writers who can express themselves with clarity, creativity and purpose. We believe that high‑quality writing begins with strong foundations, so our curriculum is carefully designed to build pupils’ knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, spelling and handwriting progressively across the school. These essential skills give children the tools they need to craft effective, accurate and meaningful written work.
We provide all pupils with rich opportunities to explore a wide range of high‑quality texts and exemplary writing models that inspire and motivate them. Through purposeful, well‑structured teaching, children learn to plan, draft, edit and refine their writing, developing independence and ownership over their work.
We aim for every child to leave Camps Hill as a confident, capable writer who can communicate effectively in different contexts and for a range of audiences. By nurturing creativity while strengthening key writing skills, we prepare pupils for the demands of secondary education and equip them with the lifelong ability to express their ideas in writing.
Implementation:
- HFL English scheme used as a basis for progression map alongside the National Curriculum
- Sequential genre focused lessons that work towards a writing outcome
- High quality texts and models to inspire writing
- FANTASTICs used to develop and improve vocabulary
- Cross curricular links to topics to excite writers
- Using purple pen to support the editing and redrafting process
- The importance of 'authors' when publishing our work
- Discrete spelling lessons to learn spelling rules and conventions with opportunities to apply in their writing
- A whole school approach to pre-cursive handwriting to develop children's fluent, joined, legible handwriting
- Whole school writing project implemented alongside other local schools
How we measure impact:
- Half termly independent writing opportunities
- Writing judgements are updated on our assessment system and reviewed in termly Pupil Progress Meetings
- Moderation of writing across the school, trust and county
- Target Tracker used half termly to monitor progress
- SEND children have ISP targets linked to writing which are reviewed termly by the SENCO and Class Teacher
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