English
Writing Strategy
At Boothroyd, we believe that every child is a writer. We are passionate about developing every child’s knowledge, motivation and confidence in their writing. We have chosen HFL Education’s ESSENTIALWRITING as the basis of our writing curriculum for years 1-6. This is an ambitious and progressive writing scheme which provides our children with opportunities and tools to write for a range of specific purposes and authentic audiences. As a result, our children feel inspired and ready to write high-quality outcomes within the classroom but also have the knowledge, strategies and confidence to choose to write in their own lives. Below is an overview of our writing curriculum.
Essential Writing progression DocumentPhonics and Reading
At Boothroyd Primary Academy, we value reading as a crucial life skill. By the time children leave us, they read confidently for meaning and regularly enjoy reading for pleasure. Our readers are equipped with the tools to tackle unfamiliar vocabulary. We encourage our children to see themselves as readers for both pleasure and purpose, linking their experiences and prior reading to new material. In order to fulfil this belief, Boothroyd has adopted the Little Wandle approach to teaching Phonics and Early Reading and follows this with the Talk4Reading approach to further develop our pupils as reader. Below are documents to outlining the progression in both schemes, including the reading offer for all pupils at Boothroyd.
Phonics and Early Reading Overview
Handwriting and Spelling
We have adopted LetterJoin as our handwriting scheme to ensure that every child gains sufficient fluency for writing, with knowledge of accurate letter formation and how to join letters so that they can meet the National Curriculum expectations for each key stage. Please see the below document outlining the progression from Early Years to Year 6.
Letter Join Progression EYFS to Year 6
Alongside ESSENTIALWRITING, we have adopted Spelling Shed as the basis of our spelling curriculum to follow on from our Little Wandle phonics curriculum. Below is a document outlining the progression in spellings from Y3-6.
