At St. Mary’s, we believe that the ability to write with confidence and accuracy is an essential life skill. We endeavour to enable all of our children to communicate effectively in their spoken language, as well as in using the printed word in a wide range of contexts. We teach this through the ‘Sentence Stacking’ approach.
Writing is a complex process which requires many skills, such as handwriting, spelling, sentence construction, grammar, punctuation and awareness of text structure and organisation. We believe that all children should leave St. Mary’s as confident, fluent writers, with an extensive vocabulary to adequately prepare them for later life.
Exciting Sentences
Throughout the school, we are using a system for teaching writing developed by the educational specialist Alan Peat. We teach children how to use particular types of sentences, which have a handy name, so that children understand what is meant whichever class they are in in the school. The sentence types are designed to help children to write exciting, sophisticated pieces of writing that use the right tone for their purpose. Some sentence types are more appropriate to non-fiction, and others, to fiction writing.
Welcome to ‘WeatheredSpoons’ – zero stars on TripAvisor but a fantastic way to promote creative writing in Year 5! #englishstm #writingstm #year5stm … See MoreSee Less
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For sure the kids enjoyed it..Very Funny!
Brilliant so funny
Today, Year 5 paid a visit to a hideous cafe called
'WeatheredSpoons’. A few children were granted special reservations and were given the 'not so VIP' experience in all of its revolting glory. Later this week, the children will be writing a TripAdvisor-inspired review about their experience of the nauseating café. #englishstm #writingstm #year5stm … See MoreSee Less
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For their current Design and Technology unit, Year 5 have been working on creating pop-up books. Over their last few lessons, they have been working collaboratively (in pairs) to meticulously design a pop-up book suitable for the younger children in Key Stage 1. In the coming weeks, they will make their book and then present it to Year 1 and 2 during a very special story time! 📕📖 #year5stm #dtstm #oracystm #englishstm … See MoreSee Less
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