Writing
At Cranbrook Church of England Primary School, we follow a Mastery approach to English through the programme ‘Pathways to Write.’ 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.
Handwriting is first taught using print, then pre-cursive, then finally cursive handwriting is expected by all pupils by the time they leave in Year 6. See our handwriting page for further information.
Below you will find our text progression document from EYFS through to Year 6.
Spellings are practised daily in school and sent home each week to practise at home in preparation for spelling tests on Friday. The National Curriculum spelling lists are below. Please visit class pages to download the spelling by phoneme spelling lists for Years 3-6.
National Curriculum Spelling Lists
