Fill your paper with the breathings of you heart

William wordsworth

 Spelling:

In EYFS and KS1, children are taught spelling in line with the development of their phonic knowledge. Taught spellings include tricky word spellings which are not phonetically decodable. Over time, pupils are also taught spellings from the National Curriculum.

Children in KS2 are taught spelling using the Active Spelling programme. This research-based programme enables pupils to develop a deep understanding of how the meaning of root words (morphology) is impacted by adding suffixes and prefixes, so that they are able to master the conventions of spelling.

Handwriting:

Handwriting is a key literacy component that is taught actively.  Children's gross and fine motor skills develop at different rates, and they will learn to form letters in a consistent way at their own speed.  

Once children have learnt how to form the individual letters correctly and consistently, they then learn to join the letters and develop a neat and legible handwriting style.  

Writing:

Across school, children are taught to write well-structured, cohesive texts from an exciting range of genres. Pupils have access to stimuli for writing, which include but are not limited to oral story telling, extracts and whole texts, film and animation clips, drama and poetry. Children are encouraged to draw on their experiences, thoughts and feelings in their writing and to make connections between written language and the skills and knowledge from the rest of the English curriculum which underpin it. The writing process supports children in drafting, editing and improving their own over a period of time, so that they are able to produce a piece of well-presented, high quality writing which demonstrates their increasing proficiency in writing.