Writing
At Woodlands we intend for all pupils to experience an inspiring, language-rich and motivational English environment. We aim to foster a love of books and reading, alongside a positive culture of writing, for a variety of purposes and audiences and across all subjects within our broad curriculum.
When children begin their schooling at Woodlands, they will begin their early reading and writing development supported by excellent synthetic phonics teaching, giving them the foundational skills needed to confidently segment, decode and build words. During their times at our school , all pupils will be given the opportunity to immerse themselves in a wide range of texts from a range of different cultures.
Through shared texts and explicit teaching, they will experience a wide range of vocabulary, giving them the understanding and power of language that they need to flourish. Our intent is for every child to leave our care as as able and independent communicators, with the confidence and skills required to read and write fluently. They will be thoroughly prepared in all aspects of English and fully equipped for the next step in their educational journey.
Children will have the opportunity to write across a range of subjects (as a historian, as a scientist, as a geographer, as a humanitarian)
Opportunities are planned out in our long term plans and linked to the substantive and disciplinary concepts for the requisite subject.
Each term our children will take part in a whole school Creative Writing project.
