By joanne.rowley
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16 Feb, 2024
Welcome Dear Parents and Carers, We are now drawing to a close for the 1/2 term and it has been a busy and exciting one. Our focus this half term has been on developing confident writers. We are teaching writing through the CUSP curriculum and the areas that we have developed over this term has been to use the model text as a template to help structure the children's writing. This is working well and all classrooms have the model text displayed and annotated so that your children understand what a good piece of writing looks like. As well as this we have been working with the Norwich writing Project led by the inspiration trust to ensure that our assessment of writing is robust and standardised across the school. This has been an exciting project for staff, particularly in year 3 & 4, who have had intensive training. So what does this mean for you and your child? This will mean that your children will be writing quality pieces in a variety of genres that will not only help them in their learning in their current year group, but more importantly give them the skills which can then be built upon in the coming years so that they are confident writers. Already the difference that this has made has been evident this term, children sharing their writing with me and talking through what grammar and punctuation is required in their writing. Well done for a very productive term, and I look forward to another productive four and a half weeks from the 26th February. Enjoy your half term and well deserved rest. Thank you for your continued support. Mr N Campbell