Writing @ Dropmore

We have carefully mapped and designed our writing curriculum. Attached is the curriculum maps for each year group along with the progression of skills.
 
We have also shared our writing process at Dropmore below with information about each stage.
Dropmore writing school process
Immersion
 
Immersing the children into the writing process. This could be through a shared text or an ‘event.’ Within this process we introduce the end point ‘what a good one looks like’ and discover the features suitable for that genre, the desired audience and the purpose of the writing

Read as Writers

In this phase, we share an array of texts and have the opportunity to practise the necessary skills in accordance with the discovery phase.  The children learn new vocabulary and sentence structures. Moreover, we pull examples apart to determine suitable language choices, sentence structures, text and layout features, whilst also breaking culture capital barriers through experience activities

Sharing Ideas

Through careful teacher modelling, the children are shown how the skills suitable for that genre are put together into sentences and / or paragraphs whilst explicitly showing their thought process.  This is done live with the class. The children can share their ideas and skills for the ‘end point.

Planning and Drafting

The children can then plan their ideas and skills into sentences and paragraphs with a given or independently chosen planning format.  Moreover, they then have their first attempt at independent writing before getting feedback from teacher and / or peers.

Revising and Editing

After the preliminary draft, children re-read their work to make sure it makes sense and whether or not it fits the brief in term of audience, purpose and genre, the original purpose.  Depending on the age of the child, they will check for cohesion, repetition and overall style. This is where work is refined: ideas are made clearer, vocabulary is up-levelled, grammatical changes are made and cohesion is ensured.

Publishing

After so much effort has been put into producing the final version of their work, this is where the children will display their writing in a way it can be shared, orally or written.