Below is our vision for writing at Sarisbury Infant School

As a school we believe in using high quality texts to inspire meaningful writing. We also ensure children have a broad and balanced writing curriculum. During Early Years the texts selected are based upon the children's interests and what is happening in the world around them. The KS1 team ensure children are exposed to fiction and non-fiction texts and the children produce writing in a variety of genres.

Each class has a writing working wall. The working wall is there to support children in their learning and has the current writing journey displayed. Word aware is also evident on these walls. Our 'Wondering Walter' words are ambitious words that we aim for our children to use in their writing.  

Handwriting 

Our handwriting scheme is linked to our Phonics Programme (Junior Learning Letters and Sounds). Children are taught to form letters alongside the sounds they are learning as well as letter families in Early Years. In KS1 children continue to have regular handwriting lessons using handwriting books. In the Summer Term of Year 2 children progress to learning joins ready for joined up writing in KS2. Alongside teaching letter formation, we focus on developing children's fine and gross motor skills because having strong motor skills will enable our children to write with confidence, flair and comfort.