At Kennet Valley, writing is seen as an extension of our reading offer. For our children to truly flourish, they must be equipped with more than just the essential academic, artistic and athletic skills. We ensure our writing curriculum is aspirational, sustainable and inclusive. It is designed to broaden, deepen and consolidate children’s knowledge and understanding of the world whilst providing the space and skills for them to be able to communicate their knowledge and understanding.

Our writing strategy ensures all children are able to leave Kennet Valley fluent in the necessary transcription skills and with a love of words and an understanding of the purpose of writing.

Our approach to teaching writing is an equitable one: we secure a research-informed universal provision and additional ‘targeted’ academic strategies for those children at risk of underachievement. This way we can be sure that our writing strategy is built around our mustard seed parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches”.