Writing

As a school, we have chosen to use the Ready Steady Write scheme to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum for Writing.

Ready Steady Write is comprehensive and evidence-based. It provides a sequenced, ambitious curriculum, that places quality literature at its core. The units have been carefully mapped out to match the entire statutory curriculum for writing. Ready Steady Write includes a range of resources and approaches to allow any classroom mix of pupils to achieve writing effectively for a range of purposes and audiences, and each unit has quality children’s literature embedded within it. The programme includes dedicated segments for narrative or non-fiction outcomes, all centred around the importance of talk which ensures rich writing and deeper learning; whilst poetry creation is integrated into each curriculum block.  

Daily Sentence Accuracy is a vital element of Ready Steady Write and encompasses word, sentence, and punctuation from the statutory National Curriculum programme of study for writing and Appendix 2 (Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation).  Children must demonstrate using these skills across a range of writing to achieve end of year standards.  This daily practice also helps build fluency and stamina for writing. Example sentences are provided for teachers to model explicitly.  

The suggested order of the units allows for children to practice and embed skills for writing across an academic year.  All the objectives to be covered are mapped out in the Progression Overview Documents.  

You can see the progression of the units and the coverage across the years in the documents below