Writing

Writing Essence at Albany

At Albany Juniors, we teach writing by meeting the requirements of the national curriculum. We aim to deliver a high-quality education which teaches pupils to write fluently so that they can communicate their ideas and emotions to others. We aim to deliver quality first lessons that follow a structure/sequence of lessons which develop all of the literary skills that children require to be successful. Writing is taught through a wide variety of age related genres in each year group progressively.

Sequencing involves

• Selecting and reading high quality texts which enrich children’s knowledge and experiences.
• Teaching of challenging vocabulary with cross curricular links.
• Grammar and punctuation woven in to daily/weekly lessons
• Transcription (spelling and handwriting)
• Composition (articulating ideas and structuring them in speech and writing)
• Planning, editing and evaluating their writing.
• Writing throughout the sequence and completing a final piece per unit/genre.
   
   
  Teaching is designed to take account of our five key curriculum drivers with skills and knowledge taken from our progression documents to ensure age appropriate content. Where appropriate, links are also made to ensure that children’s social, moral, spiritual and cultural development is enhanced through writing.