Writing
At Bawnmore, we believe every child is a writer. Our writing curriculum is built around high-quality texts, purposeful writing opportunities, and clear progression in composition, spelling, grammar, and handwriting. We want children to write confidently for a range of audiences and purposes, using their growing knowledge of language, structure, and style.
Curriculum
Our writing curriculum is ambitious, inclusive, and carefully sequenced from Early Years to Year 2. A golden thread runs through everything we do—strong relationships, emotional wellbeing, and a sense of belonging—because we know these are the foundations for confident, creative writing.
We aim for children to:
- See themselves as writers and take pride in their work
- Write with confidence, accuracy, and increasing independence
- Adapt writing for different audiences, purposes, and genres
- Apply writing skills across the wider curriculum in meaningful contexts
Genres are revisited and developed each year, including stories, poetry, letters, recounts, instructions, non-chronological reports, and persuasive writing.
Teaching
Teaching in writing is immersive, engaging, and rooted in best practice. Our approach includes:
- Talk for Writing strategies to support oral rehearsal, story mapping, and role play
- Power of Reading sequences to develop comprehension and composition through high-quality texts
- Explicit teaching of spelling (Floppy’s Phonics and Spelling Shed), grammar, and handwriting (Letter-Join scheme)
- Carefully chosen core texts linked to wider curriculum topics, promoting diversity and inclusion
- Regular opportunities for shared writing, live feedback, editing, and self-assessment
- Writing integrated across all subjects to give real purpose and context
Achievement
By the end of Year 2, children:
- Write confidently and creatively for a range of purposes
- Demonstrate stamina and pride in their written work
- Apply spelling, grammar, and handwriting skills accurately
- Use writing as a tool for communication across the curriculum and beyond
SEND and Inclusion
We ensure all children succeed in writing through:
- Word banks, sentence stems, and oral rehearsal to support vocabulary and sentence construction
- Visual prompts and immersive experiences to give writing real purpose
- Adaptations such as writing slopes, coloured paper, and pencil grips for fine motor support
- Opportunities to record ideas in alternative ways (drawing, scribing, voice recording)
- Scaffolded tasks and modelled examples to build confidence and independence
Further supporting documents and guidance on our writing curriculum can be found below.