We aim for our children to see themselves as writers and to develop a lifelong love of writing. We want to give all children the opportunity to develop an understanding of how widely writing is used in everyday life and therefore, how important and useful the skills are that they are learning. The early development of oracy, reading and physical development, play an integral role in a child’s journey to writing at our school. By the time children leave Marsh School they will have experienced writing across a wide range of real life and creative genres, all of which have purpose within the child’s life experience. Our aim is to equip children with the skills needed to be able to orally rehearse, plan and compose their writing and in KS1 begin to edit their ideas. Our school has a clear focus on the development of speech and language. We have implemented tiered vocabulary development throughout the curriculum and use working walls, visual prompts and pre teach vocabulary. This helps children to make links and develop their speaking and listening, as well as their writing across the curriculum. Grammar and spelling are mainly taught in context and through our daily phonics and grammar lessons. We actively look for opportunities for children to apply their writing skills across the curriculum. The content of writing lessons is planned to build on children’s previous knowledge as well as introduce new learning in a fun and memorable way. We have high expectations for all pupils within our school and endeavour to ensure that all children make good progress in their writing. Our goal is for all children to leave infant school with a love of writing and with the ability to express their thoughts, ideas and emotions clearly and creatively through the written word – for a range of audiences, purposes and genres.