MARLBOROUGH PRIMARY SCHOOL HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD TO ACHIEVE GREATER DEPTH WRITING IN LKS2
MARLBOROUGH PRIMARY SCHOOL HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD TO ACHIEVE GREATER DEPTH WRITING IN LKS2. Mr Briody LKS2 Phase Leader. Aims of this workshop. To achieve a stronger understanding of what ‘Greater Depth’ means
MARLBOROUGH PRIMARY SCHOOL HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD TO ACHIEVE GREATER DEPTH WRITING IN LKS2
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MARLBOROUGH PRIMARY SCHOOL HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD TO ACHIEVE GREATER DEPTH WRITING IN LKS2 Mr Briody LKS2 Phase Leader
Aims of this workshop • To achieve a stronger understanding of what ‘Greater Depth’ means • To unpick the National Curriculum to understand the expectations of Greater Depth • To have the opportunity to look at examples of writing that meets the national expected standard and those that exceed ‘greater depth’ • To further understand SPaG terms
What is the TAF? • The TAF is an acronym for the ‘Teacher Assessment Framework’ • TAFs support teachers in making statutory judgements for children at the end of their Key Stage • TAFs are available for Maths, Reading and Writing • TAFs focus on key aspects of the curriculum • The framework has a range of ‘Pupil can’ statements which guide teachers judgements
Year 3 and 4 • Three are three main final judgements – Working Towards, Expected or Greater Depth Secure e.g. 3E, 3D, 3S, 3M • To judge that a pupil is working above age related expectations (GDS), the child must be incorporating ALL of the statements within their writing.
What is SPAG? • SPAG stands for ‘Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar’ • In Year 3 and 4, SPaG is embedded into all English lessons • Children are expected to move away from phonetically plausible spellings • Common exception words are expected to be spelt correctly
COMPOSITION YEAR 4 YEAR 3
SENTENCE STRUCTURE YEAR 3 YEAR 4
TEXT ORGANISATION YEAR 3 YEAR 4
PUNCTUATION YEAR 3 YEAR 4
SPELLING/HANDWRITING YEAR 3 YEAR 4
Examples of Greater Depth at Marlborough A range of suffixes Using Year 2 punctuation
SUPPORTING WRITING AT HOME • LKS2 Greater Depth Writing Resource Booklet • Write a range of text types
SUPPORTING WRITING AT HOME • Slow Writing • READ a range of texts • New vocabulary displays • Spelling – books, online resources • Editing
SUPPORTING WRITING AT HOME • Write a secret diary. • Make up song lyrics. • Plan their own party. • Write a story for a younger family member, in the style of their favourite book. • Write a holiday journal. • Write instructions for an X-box game, Minecraft or similar. • Write a recipe. • Write instructions for a more mature member of the family (eg . grandparent) for a piece of modern technology they can’t get to grips with! • Produce their own comic (www.comicmaster.org.uk) • Channel their passions – RSPCA, WWF, ActionAid etc. all have ideas for getting children involved in raising awareness of campaigns. • Write to the local newspaper about a local issue they feel strongly about or even to the local MP. • Talk to different generations of family about their life and compile a family history. • Make up jokes. • Look out for writing competitions eg. Radio 2’s annual 500 Word Competition. (A prize is always an incentive to write!)
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