At Our Lady’s we believe that reading and writing should be at the heart of the curriculum and should be evident in every subject. We provide frequent opportunities for speaking and listening, resulting in improved outcomes for our writing. We focus on providing engaging topics which children will be enthused by and motivated. Writing across the curriculum allows us the opportunity to explore an extensive range of purposes, audiences and viewpoints. At Our Lady’s, we believe in celebrating children’s writing and are very proud of the work that children produce. 

At Our Lady’s, we follow The Literacy Company’s ‘Pathways to Write’ from EYFS to Year 6 as a tool to support our teaching. 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. 

Please click on the link below to view our writing curriculum long term overview.