Writing
At St Luke's, we plan writing using the National Curriculum key objectives. The units of work taught in English are organised into 2-4 week blocks, covering a range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry genres. Each unit is organised so children cover skills in reading, drama/performance, grammar, punctuation and spelling and conclude in a 'Big Write' - this involves planning, writing, editing and publishing a piece of text of the selected genre. We ensure that a range of genres are taught across the school and that there is progression in the skills learnt. We use the following guidance documents to support planning of Writing:
Progression in vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
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We are currently using the Letter-Join website to teach handwriting at school. You can now access the Letter-Join website at home to help your child with their handwriting (please ask the class teacher for the log-in details). Once logged in, you will be able to watch how to write all the letters of the alphabet in the same style we use in school and print out worksheets.
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For Spelling, Years 2-6 use the No-Nonsense spelling scheme.
