"You can make anything by writing."

C.S. Lewis

Intent:

Throughout a child’s writing journey at The Cambridge, we intend that our writing curriculum:

• Gives pupils the key skills that enables them to develop an enjoyment and pleasure in writing and provide a foundation for their communication throughout their school career and beyond.
• Is interesting, progressive, exciting and purposeful by engaging the children through exciting writing opportunities and equipping them with the skills needed to create innovative and independent written pieces.
• Can inspire children’s minds through literature, fostering positive behaviours and attitudes toward learning, whilst developing our key learning characteristics of being brave, innovative, collaborative and taking ownership.

Implementation:

At The Cambridge, writing is taught every day. Please see the below table for a break down in how Writing is taught across the week to include writing lessons, handwriting sessions and spelling lessons:

Our writing curriculum is underpinned by a skills based curriculum whereby the skills outlined within the National Curriculum have been correlated with specific fiction and non-fiction genres. These skills and genres are then taught progressively throughout a child’s time at The Cambridge to ensure that they have exposure to a variety of skills and genres.

Writing is taught on a 3 week cycle (Years 1, 2 and 3) following an Exploration, Implementation and Application cycle and on a 2 week cycle (Years 4, 5 and 6) following an Implementation and Application cycle. This gives the children the opportunity to become immersed within the genre, learn the skills that are specific to the genre and aligned with the National Curriculum and then independently plan, write and edit a piece of writing in the genre that they have been learning.

Spiritual, Moral, Social, and Cultural development in Writing

Spiritual: Pupils develop creativity, imagination and self-expression through writing a wide range of texts, including narratives, poetry and descriptive writing. They reflect on their own thoughts, feelings and beliefs when making vocabulary choices, while exploring themes and ideas through high-quality texts that inspire curiosity and empathy.
Moral: Children explore moral questions through persuasive and balanced writing, considering issues such as environmental responsibility, school life and the choices faced by characters in literature. They learn to understand different viewpoints, write for a range of audiences and purposes, and develop reasoned arguments supported by evidence.
Social: Writing lessons encourage collaboration through paired discussions, oral rehearsal, peer assessment and shared publishing opportunities. Pupils work together to develop ideas, improve vocabulary and support one another's learning, while performing poetry and sharing their finished work with classmates and other year groups to build confidence and communication skills.
Cultural: Our curriculum exposes pupils to a rich variety of authors, genres and texts from different cultures and time periods. Children explore poetry from around the world, including haikus and kennings, study stories set in different countries such as Kensuke's Kingdom, and make meaningful links with History and Geography, helping them to appreciate diverse cultures, perspectives and traditions.