Unity academy believes that writing skills are vital to the development of children so they are prepared for their future life. A broad and balanced English programme using objectives from the National Curriculum 2014, determines the ambitious knowledge and skills that each phase and Key Stage must cover. The curriculum is coherently planned and sequenced towards building cumulatively sufficient knowledge and skills to ensure can succeed in an ever-changing world. Through using quality key texts, a diverse range of genres are studied. A variety of strategies are used to promote a reading and writing culture. Children are given a range of writing opportunities including the use of paired, group and independent writing tasks. A culture of learning from each other is promoted through use of co-operative learning structures which include peer editing and improving. Adults use every opportunity to model the writing process so that children see adults as writers. This is developed across both key stages, so that children learn to respond appropriately and supportively to each other regardless of gender, age, cultural or ethnic background.

The aims of teaching writing in our school are to develop pupils who:

• are re-engaged with writing
• show high levels of engagement and achievement and exhibit very positive attitudes towards writing;
• use and develop a love of writing to understand language as speakers, readers and writers.
• are competent, confident and independent in the use of language in their writing.
• have an awareness of different audiences and purposes for writing: to inform, discuss, persuade and entertain
• apply their grammatical knowledge in their writing
• apply their phonetical and spelling knowledge in their writing
• apply their knowledge, skills and understanding of the English language in all areas of the curriculum.