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Writing at Longwick

Intent

We believe that all pupils should be able to confidently communicate their knowledge, ideas and emotions through their writing.  At Longwick, we want pupils to acquire a wide vocabulary, a solid understanding of grammar and be able to spell new words by effectively applying the spelling patterns and rules they learn.  Through our writing curriculum, we will inspire them to write clearly, accurately and coherently, adapting their language and style in and for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences. All pupils will be encouraged to take pride in the presentation of their writing, in part by developing a good, joined, handwriting style by the time they move to secondary school.

 

​​​​​We know that all good writers refine and edit their writing over time, so we want children to develop independence in being able to identify their own areas for improvement in all pieces of writing, editing their work effectively during and after the writing process.

Reading at Longwick

Intent

At Longwick, we believe all pupils should have the opportunity to learn to read regardless of their background, needs or abilities.  Through our Reading Curriculum, we will endeavour to deliver a systematic, synthetic phonics programme which matches or exceeds the expectations of the English National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals.  We aim to build a curriculum which develops a love of reading to help pupils know more, remember more and understand more.  As part of our teaching, we will ensure that attainment of reading is rigorously assessed and monitored so that gaps may be addressed quickly and effectively for all pupils.

Key Documents:

  • Reading and Writing Overview 2022-2023
  • Reading Progression of Skills 2022-23
  • Phonics Information Session For Parents and Carers Sept 2022
  • Approach to Reading Letter to Parents Sept 2022

Phonics

Letters and Sounds

We use TWINKL, the DfE approved whole school systematic synthetic phonics programme which has everything needed to make phonics a joy, helping our children to love reading and writing whilst guiding them towards fluency.

 

Phonics is the teaching of letters and sounds which makes up the decoding part of reading and spelling.

At Longwick we follow the six phases of the Department for Education's strategy for phonics: Letters and Sounds: Principles and Practice of High Quality Phonics. These are taught taught systematically through phases one to six throughout the Reception Year and in Years One and Two. The principles of phonics underpin all reading and spelling skills taught thereafter.

 

Teachers use assessment for learning and the Twinkl end of level assessments to track and review children’s progress. Children will progress through the six levels of Twinkl Phonics, beginning with Level one in Reception. By the end of the Summer Term, Reception children should be familiar up to the end of Level Three. By the end of Year 2, children should be proficient in their phonics knowledge and have completed Level Six of Twinkl Phonics.

 

Children in Year 2 who do not meet the required standard for phonics and need more support with ‘decoding’ and ‘word reading’ skills, will have opportunities to practice this using daily phonics sessions. Children in Year 3 and older who need further phonic intervention work will receive this through targeted interventions.

Resources to Support Twinkl Phonics

  • Level 2 Sound Mat with Tricky Words
  • Level 3 Sound Mat with Tricky Words
  • Level 2 & 3 Sound Actions
  • Level 2 & 3 Letter Formation Rhymes
  • Level 5 - Sound Mat
  • Level 5 Sounds Actions
  • Level 5 - Sound Families

English Resources for Parents

  • 10 Tips on Hearing Your Child Read
  • Helping Your Child with Reading - questions to ask
  • Promoting Reading for Pleasure at Home
  • Practising Spellings at Home
  • Spelling Support
  • A Parents Guide to Spelling Punctauation and Grammar (SPaG)
  • Grammar Information

Grammar guidance

  • A single dash
  • Active and Passive voice
  • Adjectives KS1
  • Adjectives KS2
  • Adverbials
  • Adverbs
  • Apostrophes
  • Bullet points
  • Clauses
  • Colons
  • Commas
  • Conjunctions
  • Determiners
  • Ellipsis
  • Exclamations
  • Hyphens
  • Inverted commas
  • Modal verbs
  • Nouns
  • Parenthesis
  • Phrases
  • Prepositions
  • Pronouns
  • Question marks
  • Semi-colons
  • Speech
  • Subjunctive form
  • Synonyms and Antonyms
  • Types of sentences
  • Verb tenses

National Curriculum Documents

  • Primary National Curriculum Programmes of Study for English Key Stages 1 and 2
  • National Curriculum 2014 Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation Glossary

Aspirations For The Future

Pupils develop an understanding of how subjects and specific skills are linked to future jobs.

Here are some of the jobs you could aspire to do in the future as a Reader and Writer:

  • Publicity Assistant
  • Stage Director
  • Song Writer
  • Entertainment Manager
  • Social Media Consultant
  • Cartoonist

Writing and Reading at Longwick across the years

World Book Day 2020 - wear your pyjamas to school!

Pulling a Curly Wurly instead of a turnip! Measuring our attempts Our Curly Wurly leader board Writing our own story Listening to story time in our PJs Painting our pebbles

World Book Day 2017 - Staff sharing their favourite books

World Book Day 2017- Potato Competition

All our wonderful entries

World Book Day 2017- Speed Read

Longwick Spelling Bee

  • Looking for reading inspiration? Click on the link for a wonderful range of KS2 texts.
  • The British Library Get some inspiration here!
  • Michael Rosen's website
  • Listen to the top 50 writers in the 500 word competition. Will they inspire you to write?
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