Writing

‘Writing is an important lifelong skill. Children need to learn to write so they can communicate and express themselves’ (National Curriculum- July 2014)

‘You can make anything by writing.’ (CS Lewis, Author)

At St James, we recognise that writing is a natural extension of speech and reading, offering a blank canvas for children’s imagination and a way to share their unique perspective with others. We believe that making secure connections between reading and writing is key and our aim is to develop pupils who ‘read as a writer’ and ‘write as a reader’. 

To achieve this we help our children to develop into articulate and imaginative communicators, who are well equipped with the basic skills they need to become lifelong learners; who have mastered the craft of writing. Pupils will leave having been exposed to a wide range of high-quality texts, giving them a passion for the spoken and written word. Writing opportunities will be inspiring, enjoyable and with genuine purposes and outcomes. Through direct teaching of words, we will develop a curiosity surrounding vocabulary and language where pupils will develop a sophisticated bank of vocabulary that they are able to draw upon both within writing and conversation.

We want every child to master the key skills of punctuation, sentence structure, transcription and spelling, so they are able to communicate effectively through a range of text types. Through the teaching of this, it will equip pupils to independently select and adapt their language and style to suit a range of contexts, purposes and audiences.