English
Writing
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At Holy Family, it is our intent that writing across the curriculum will inspire, engage and challenge all pupils, enabling them to develop the skills to effectively communicate their thoughts, ideas and emotions to others. We aim to build pupils’ stamina for writing, vocabulary acquisition and understanding of grammar using a WAGOLL (What A Good One Looks Like) for a range of text types (including areas of fiction, non-fiction and poetry). We recognise the importance of fostering a culture where pupils take pride in their writing, write clearly and accurately and modify their structure and language choices to suit a variety of audiences, purposes and contexts. |
To support pupils in moving towards independent writing at the age-related standard, we provide a range of stimuli including film, imagery, modelled, shared and guided writing, peer marking and group discussion. These support pupils in becoming confident and enthusiastic learners. Writing will equip pupils at Holy Family with the necessary tools to write effectively and provide them with the skills to become lifelong creative writers.
Writing inspiration week-Christmas 2025
Ahead of Christmas this year, Father Christmas set the children of Holy Family a very special and important mission. As we all know, this time of year is incredibly busy for Santa so he sent a video to the children asking for their help. He asked them to design a gadget that would help make his life easier and less stressful at Christmas time. He wanted the children to use their imaginations and be creative in designing their inventions to solve one or more of his many problems as this time of year. The children had to then create posters with detailed explanations of their inventions, write accompanying scripts and then present these to the other children across school. Father Christmas saw these posters and presentations and has asked his elves to make his favourites in time for next Christmas!
Writing subject expectations
| Name | Format | ||
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| Writing Subject Expectations 25-26.docx | .docx |
Progression documents
| Name | Format | ||
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| LTP for Writing updated for Sept 2025.docx | .docx | ||
| Writing skills progression updated Sept 25.docx | .docx | ||
| EYFS Writing overview LTP website 2025-2026.docx | .docx | ||
| KS1 and KS2 Writing overview LTP website 2025-2026.docx | .docx |
Knowledge organisers
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| year3spagknowledgeorganiser.pdf | |||
| year2spagknowledgeorganiser.pdf | |||
| year1spagknowledgeorganiser.pdf | |||
| year6spagknowledgeorganiser.pdf | |||
| year5spagknowledgeorganiser.pdf | |||
| year4spagknowledgeorganiser.pdf |
Reading
Underpinning our English curriculum is the desire to foster a life-long love for reading in all our children, and we place the skill of reading at our core. Our collective aim is to develop avid, fluent readers who can understand, access and appreciate high-quality texts seeking to read for pleasure and not solely for purpose. Through providing carefully planned, sequential and meaningful reading experiences and opportunities, our intent is to not only inspire and stimulate the imaginations of the children we teach, but also to enhance their knowledge of the world in which they live thus enabling them to thrive in the next phase of their education and beyond.