At Dawley Academy, every child is a writer.  We make sure that children write for purpose, with our English lessons linked to purposeful activities, such as writing persuasive letters to Cadbury’s, creating stories to share with other classes, and creating discussions to debate RE themes.

 Our children are taught specific editing skills in order to equip them with the skills to create their best possible written outcomes.  Effectively editing a piece of work can often be a difficult skill to master. Identifying where you have made mistakes and knowing how to improve something you have drafted can be difficult. However, editing a piece of writing is something that all adults do, and is an important skill for life.  Throughout each half term, children will have specific and focused editing lessons where they will concentrate on a different editing skill such as up-tiering vocabulary or removal of repetitive words and phrases.  

Work examples and links to additional support and information are below.

Examples of writing at Dawley:

 

  

 

Click on the link below to access the document/page
Intent, Implementation and Impact Statement			Writing for Purpose Guidance
Poetry Progression English Policy
Grammar and Genres Guidance
Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5	Year 6
Parent Links
Writing Support and Advice for Parents  Support for parents Writing - Oxford Owl for Home			Handwriting Support and Advice for Parents
Spellings: Our Academy uses the RWI Spelling Programme from Oxford Owl to support our children in getting those spellings correct!
Helpful advice for parents regarding spellings
Websites to promote writing with your child: Activities for families and children: https://www.scholastic.co.uk/ Fun English games: https://www.funenglishgames.com/writinggames.html Boom writer: https://boomwriter.com/ Typing skills: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z3c6tfr Children’s writing competitions: https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/competitions-for-children/childrens-writing-competitions/

 

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