Intent:

At St Uny CE Academy, we believe that every child has a voice worth sharing. Our aim is to cultivate motivated, thoughtful writers who not only develop technical accuracy, but also see themselves as authors with something important to say. We want our pupils to take pride in their writing, to write with purpose, and to believe that their words have power – to entertain, to inform, to persuade, and to connect with others.The foundations of our writing curriculum are laid in the Early Years, where the spoken word is central. Through storytelling, conversation, play and exploration, children begin to develop the structures of language that will underpin their writing. This oral fluency – the ability to form, organise and express ideas aloud – supports the development of sentence construction, vocabulary use and narrative control. As children progress through the school, they build on these foundations to produce writing that is increasingly fluent, structured and precise.Our curriculum, rooted in the Grammarsaurus approach, places a strong emphasis on the teaching of grammar and vocabulary in context. Writing is never taught in isolation but always with an awareness of audience, purpose and tone. High-quality model texts are used to illustrate what effective writing looks like and to provide pupils with the language, patterns and confidence to write with intent. Pupils are taught how to shape and organise their ideas, how to draw the reader in, and how to reflect on their choices.Ultimately, our intent is for every child to leave St Uny with the belief that they are a writer – someone who can craft language thoughtfully, who understands the purpose behind what they write, and who takes pride in communicating their ideas with clarity, creativity and control.

Please view our writing policy to find out about how Grammarsaurus has been implemented.