Writing

At Childwall Valley Primary, our aim is to give our children the best possible opportunities to become confident, literate and successful members of society with a deep love and understanding of English language and literature. We believe the development of Literacy skills is central to improving a child’s life chances. 

At Childwall Valley we follow the award-winning Ready Steady Write scheme from Literacy Counts. This is designed to provide a broad and balanced education for all pupils that meets their diverse needs and helps to develop confident and independent learners with high aspirations.

Our curriculum strives to give the children a firm foundational base of skills that can be developed over time, allowing them to write confidently across all purposes for all audiences. This is underpinned by high-quality, vocabulary rich texts that give the children all opportunities for success through the use of sentence accuracy work, modelled and shared writing, as well as opportunities to edit their work.

To further enhance our provision, our scheme also provides a wealth of spoken opportunities such as role playing activities and shared discussion with staff and pupils to create collaborative work. Our aim is for every child – regardless of need – to write fluently and take pride in their work. We want our pupils to leave primary school as enthusiastic writers, ready for the next stage of their education.