Writing

My heart overflows with a good theme; I address my verses to the King;
My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Psalm 45:1

At St. Hilda's, we want all of our pupils to become confident, competent writers and develop their own writer’s voice. Writing gives children a way to communicate effectively with others: to share their thoughts, ideas, beliefs, emotions, cultural identity and express who they are.

We follow a Mastery approach to English through the programme ‘Pathways to Write.’ Units of work are delivered using high quality texts and children in all year groups are given varied opportunities for writing. Skills are built up through repetition within the units, and children apply these skills in the writing activities provided.  Many opportunities for widening children’s vocabulary are given through the Pathways to Write approach and this builds on the extensive work we do in school to provide our children with a rich and varied vocabulary.  

What our children say about writing

I enjoy writing because it lets me use my imagination. Eva Y3

Writing is exciting because you can use descriptions to paint a picture in the readers mind. Frankie Y4

Sentence stacking helps me to improve my writing because I can use the lenses in my own work. I can tell that my writing sounds better when I think about the lenses. Isabella Y5

Writing allows us to have a voice and have the opportunity to share our opinions, entertain others, persuade, give facts and so much more. Seb Y6