Writing

Our purpose is to inspire and motivate pupils, fostering a love of all things English and broadening and enriching hearts and minds.   

We deliver a varied and creative curriculum, allowing all students the opportunity to flourish. Through the teaching of transferable skills and strategies, we enable students to achieve in all subjects, as well as their lives beyond school.   

In the Wey Valley Partnership, we teach pupils to speak and write fluently so that they can communicate their ideas and emotions to others, and through their reading and listening, others can communicate with them. Through reading in particular, pupils have a chance to develop culturally, emotionally, intellectually, socially and spiritually. We believe that literature, especially, plays a key role in such development. Reading also enables pupils both to acquire knowledge and to build on what they already know as well as being a source of imagination and passion.   

Handwriting

At Weyford we understand the importance of Handwriting within our curriculum and we aim for children to write with ease, speed and legibility.

Handwriting skills are taught regularly and systematically throughout the school. In addition to teaching handwriting during our regular handwriting lessons, we have high expectations for handwriting across all curriculum areas. We believe that handwriting is integral to a child’s personal development and know that children’s engagement and self-esteem can be improved by their satisfaction and pride in their written outcomes.  

At Weyford Nursery and Primary School we use Nelson Handwriting resources to support our teaching to ensure that:  

• There is a clear progression in handwriting teaching across Foundation Stage, Key Stage One and Key Stage Two. 

• The teaching of handwriting is effective across Foundation Stage, Key Stage One and Key Stage Two. 

• There is a consistent approach towards handwriting that is adopted by all adults when writing in children’s books, on the whiteboard or on displays / resources, 

• All children know the difference between lower and upper case letters. 

• All children have accurate and consistent number formation. 

• The importance of handwriting is recognised and given the appropriate time in the curriculum. 

• The expectations of left-handed pupils are equal to those of right-handed children and appropriate advice and resources are available to ensure they learn to write with a comfortable, straight wrist. 

• Handwriting is linked into grammar, punctuation and spelling in order to practice and contextualise all of the transcriptional and stylistic skills for writing. 

• Children learn to write in different styles for different purposes such as print for labelling a diagram, illustrated capitals letters for creating a poster, swift jottings for writing notes, making a ‘best copy’ for presentation and fast, fluent and legible writing across the curriculum. 

Reading

Our reading programme is designed to allow independent readers the flexibility to choose widely from a variety of texts whilst offering support for those who need it.  There are colour-coded books to guide pupils and a clear scheme for pupils who need extra support.  

Regular assessment is essential to our pupils’ progress.  

Assessments such as STAR reader and NFER papers take place periodically throughout the year. Parents will be notified if there are concerns with their child’s reading fluency or comprehension. They will be told of our concerns, what intervention strategies we intend to use in school, and ways in which they can help at home. 

Little Wandle Policy

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Policies

• Reading LTP
• Writing LTP
• Handwriting Progression

EYFS overview

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World Book Day - March 2025

 

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