We started our TalkforWriting journey in 2011. It is taught systematically and successfully across the school from Nursery to Year 6. By using this approach standards at the end of each year group have improved over time. Typically, the results at the end of each year group would be above national outcomes, despite the high levels of disadvantage.

Visitors to the school comment on how well the children use vocabulary in their spoken and written work. Pupils are willing to share their work and their passion/love of writing.

We offer the chance to see teaching in a range of year groups, children’s work and staff planning as well as meeting with the key storytelling staff to discuss anything from the following:

• Imitation, Innovation, Independent Application and Invention

• Audience, purpose, form

• Developing toolkits for writing

• Developing ambitious vocabulary

• Embedding language games and activities

• Supporting the development of writing with images, objects and story maps

• Creating the Environment for Talk for Writing including celebrating writing

• Non-fiction writing

• Leadership of Talk for Writing

• Effective feedback from staff and children including response to marking.

• Whole school planning for Talk for Writing including the allocation of texts and language features across the school.