Year 6 Writing Workshop

EnglishWhat do your children learn?

• Taught every year.• Assessed at the end of each key stage.

• Phonics - letters and sounds becoming words.• Comprehension – understanding of the words.

• Spelling.• Handwriting.• Sentence structure and punctuation - accurate writing of sentences.

• Grammar - choosing the correct words so the sentences make sense.

• Composition and Effect – writing a text in the correct way to do a job (inform, describe, persuade).

Speaking and

Listening

Reading

Writing

• What is the National Curriculum?• A document that tells schools what they must teach.

• Why is it changing?• The current curriculum is now 14 years old and the

Government believe that it is out of date and is no longer satisfactory.

September 2014

New Curriculum

YEAR 6

• Use and understanding of grammar.• Use and understanding of technical terms.• Spelling test – now worth 20 marks instead of 7.

SPaG Test

• Joined, legible and formed correctly.• A move away from word processing.Handwriting

• No test.• Level given must be reflected across several pieces of

work.Writing

What is new?

school

home

child

Working Together

•Practise ‘good grammar’.•Can’t write in sentences if you don’t speak in sentences.Talk

•Quiet place to write – table.•No background noise.•Equipment – paper, pens, pencils, dictionary.

Environment

•Thank you letters, diaries, shopping lists etc.•Model writing. Opportunities

•Regularly – for enjoyment as well as school books.Read

How To Help Your Child at Home

• https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-games• http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/• http://

resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy2.htm

• http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/• http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/gamezone2.htm• http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/english

Further Support