Wilberlee Junior and Infant School

At Wilberlee, we use a text based curriculum to stimulate writing. High quality texts are used in literacy lessons and from these texts, staff plan a series of lessons around writing. These lessons are a build up of skills which lead to a 'Big Write'. This Big Write is assessed and pupil work is placed in their bespoke writing portfolio. Staff ensure that all writing genres are covered over the year and we ensure that we provide writing opportunities throughout all subject areas. The portfolios are a record of pupils 'best work' and assessed pieces which provide an overview of each pupil's ability in writing across the year. 

SPAG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) is taught through small, sharp lessons with a small focus. These skills are taught seperately to writing lessons but there is an expectation that children use these skills within their writing work. SPAG content is also embedded within lesssons where children will discuss grammatical terminology and content in the books they are studying and practice grammatical devises which could support their writing. Staff teach spelling by testing children on the National Curriculum Spelling lists and provide activities that support children in learning these spelling patterns. 

If you wish to find out more about how literacy is taught, please ask to speak to your child's class teacher. Alternatively, please e-mail our Federation Literacy Co-Ordinator, Mrs Katie Wood, via office@wilberlee.heightsfed.org or office@wilberlee.heightsfed.org