Writing

We want children to enjoy writing and become increasingly confident writers as they go through the school and beyond. Our structured writing curriculum begins in the final term of Nursery (through the Read Write Inc scheme) and into Reception, where the main writing focus is on letter formation.

From beginning as writers, children are encouraged to talk first. Whether it's 'saying the sounds' for c-a-t or constructing complex sentences, we believe confident writers need to confidently communicate orally.

KS1 Spelling

When children begin writing, spelling often follows phonic cues e.g. because will be spelled 'becoz' or people spelled 'peepl'. Children learn the spelling of words as they read e.g. cat, frog, bake etc. and they learn to spelling through our phonic teaching programme. We begin to introduce the spelling of irregular high frequency words (common words that don't follow a simple phonic pattern) in Year 1.

Below is the list of words that we aim for all children to be able to spell and apply in their independent writing.

Spellings - 1	Spellings - 7	Spellings - 13
the	Mr	yellow
go	Mrs	blue
to	called	purple
into	asked	brown
I	people	orange
no	because	white

Spellings - 2	Spellings – 8	Spellings - 14
he	once	Monday
she	water	Tuesday
we	where	Wednesday
me	who	Thursday
be	again	Friday
was	though	Saturday / Sunday

Spellings - 3	Spellings - 9	Spellings - 15
you	through	January
they	friends	February
all	eyes	August
are	different	September
my	any	October
her	many	December

Spellings - 4	Spellings - 10	Spellings - 16
said	laughed	one
have	could	two
like	would	three
so	should	four
do	every	seven
some	someone	eight

Spellings - 5	Spellings - 11	Spellings - 17
come	thought	it’s
were	magic	we’re
there	more	there’s
little	everyone	don’t
one	these	didn’t
when	school	won’t

Spellings - 6	Spellings - 12
out	our
what	I’ll
with	I’ve
oh	animals
looked	house
their	didn’t

KS2 Spelling

In Year 3-6, we primarily use Spelling Shed for our curriculum

Each year group has a comprehensive teaching plan, outlining a clear order and progression to the teaching of spelling. Each stage corresponds with the year group (Stage 4 = Year 4). An overview of Stage 3 to 6 can be downloaded below.

As well as providing teachers with a clear plan and engaging in-class activities, children also have the chance to independently practise using the Spelling Shed app. The app responds to the child's misconceptions and provides relevant extra practice in these areas.

It also provides children with a range of games and challenges to help make spelling fun!