Writing at Sharp Lane Primary School

Intent

At Sharp Lane, writing is recognised as a fundamental skill for learning, communication, and self-expression. Our intent is to ensure that all pupils become confident, creative, and capable writers who can express themselves with accuracy and purpose. Through a well-structured and ambitious curriculum, informed by the National Curriculum and Early Years Foundation Stage Framework, we aim that all pupils:

• Develop a love of writing and the confidence to share and explore ideas.
• Acquire the transcriptional and compositional skills needed to write clearly, accurately, and creatively.
• Engage with a diverse range of genres and high-quality texts that inspire imagination and support authorial voice.
• Plan, draft, edit, and publish their writing with increasing independence and resilience.

We aspire for every child to see themselves as a writer - ASPIRATIONAL in their creativity, BELIEVING in their ability to communicate, COMMITTED to refining their craft, and eager to DISCOVER new ways to express their ideas.

 

Implementation

Through the National Curriculum and EYFS Framework, our writing provision:

• Builds early writing skills through purposeful mark-making, early phonics, and vocabulary enrichment in EYFS.
• Ensures writing develops progressively, with clear sequences that build grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, and compositional skills.
• Uses high-quality texts as models to inspire writing and demonstrate features of different genres.
• Teaches pupils to plan, draft, revise, and publish their writing, building stamina, accuracy, and independence.
• Embeds explicit teaching of spelling, punctuation, and grammar, ensuring pupils apply these skills confidently in their writing.
• Provides meaningful writing opportunities linked to cross-curricular learning, allowing pupils to apply writing skills in a range of contexts.
• Encourages oracy - discussion, debate, drama, and storytellingto strengthen vocabulary choices and develop clarity of expression.
• Supports pupils who require extra help through targeted interventions and scaffolded teaching approaches.

 

Impact

By the time pupils leave Sharp Lane, they will:

• Write with confidence, creativity, and accuracy for a range of audiences and purposes.
• Demonstrate secure spelling, punctuation, and grammar skills, applying them effectively in their writing.
• Use ambitious and varied vocabulary developed through exposure to rich texts and meaningful discussion.
• Show resilience and independence in the writing process, confidently planning, drafting, editing, and improving their work.
• Express themselves clearly and imaginatively, seeing writing as a powerful tool for communication.
• Be well-prepared for the next stage of their education, with strong writing skills that support success across the curriculum and beyond.