Stanley Green Infant Academy & Starfish Nursery

Writing

Subject Lead - Writing (ID 1279)

At Stanley Green we use the unique process 'Talk for Writing'. This process uses spoken activities to develop writing skills. Quality writing is created by first expanding and developing students' oral language skills and then teaching the necessary steps for exceptional sentence, paragraph and text construction.

The Talk for Writing approach enables children to internalise the language of story so that they can imitate it, innovate on it and create their own effective stories independently. It is a fun, creative yet also rigorous approach to develop writers. During this phase the children create actions to accompany the oral re-telling of the story.

Talk is vital at all parts of a young writer's process. Firstly, talking with peers helps children generate ideas for what it is they want to write about. Talk also supports pupils to plan what it is they want to write down. It helps them draft fluently, to revise, and to proof-read with a readership in mind.

Talk for Writing has three key phases which work together to develop knowledge, confidence and independence in Writing.

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Writing (ID 1282)

  • Imitation

    Imitation

    During the imitation phase the children at Stanley Green create actions to accompany the oral retelling of the story. They create story maps, using pictures and symbols, to depict actions and events from the text. The key success for the children is that they embed  the text type through repetition and rehearsal. During this phase the children begin to look closely at the language and text features that have been used. Children are introduced to a toolkit of skills, which they focus on during their 'short burst' skills sessions.

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  • Innovation

    Innovation

    During this phase the teacher and children begin to change parts of the model text using their own ideas. They explore the text using different characters, settings or events whilst sticking closely to the modelled text. Children experiment with the new descriptive language that is learnt through their 'short burst' skills session! This process enables the children to write their own versions through developing their ability to generate good words and phrases. It is during this phase that children self assess against their writing toolkit.

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  • Invention

    Invention

    During this phase the children plan and write their own story based on the text type they have been learning. They experiment with the ideas and begin to explore their own style of writing.

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Intent, Implementation, Impact

What Writing looks like at Stanley Green Infant Academy

Progression of Skills


EYFS - Writing

Year 1 - Writing

Year 2 - Writing

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