Writing

At Trinity, we believe that all pupils should be able to confidently communicate their knowledge, ideas and emotions through their writing. We want pupils to acquire a wide vocabulary, a solid understanding of grammar and be able to spell new words by effectively applying the spelling patterns and rules they learn throughout their time in primary school. We want them to write clearly, accurately and coherently, adapting their language and style in and for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences. We believe that all pupils should be encouraged to take pride in the presentation of their writing, by developing a good, joined, handwriting style by the time they move to middle school.

Good writers refine and edit their writing over time, so we want children to develop independence in being able to identify their own areas for improvement in all pieces of writing, editing their work effectively during and after the writing process. We do not put ceilings on what pupils can achieve in writing and we do not hold pre-conceptions about any pupils’ ability to make progress.

At Trinity, we aim to foster a love of writing and a passion for new and exciting vocabulary.

Handwriting

We build solid foundations in letter formation through our systematic, synthetics phonics teaching programme, RWI. This teaches children the shape and orientation of letters. We then use Letter Join to support children to become accurate, fluent writers. When teaching handwriting, we break up into smaller steps so that children are able to become the best writers they can be: