How to navigate the writing framework
The writing framework is non-statutory guidance for primary school teachers and leaders, published by the Department for Education. These articles help you to navigate the writing framework. Each focuses on a key area of writing and offers practical tips, reflection questions and action steps you can use to support your school’s ongoing writing journey.
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What is the writing framework and how will it help schools?
Literacy expert Sarah Scott explains what the Department for Education's writing framework is and how primary school teachers and leaders can use it to support your school's writing journey.
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Why writing matters and how schools can strengthen it
By putting writing at the heart of your teaching, you set your pupils up for success not just in the classroom, but wherever life takes them. This article helps teachers and school leaders to use the Department for Education's writing framework. It covers the foundations of transcription and composition and how working memory and executive function play a part in writing. It explores what makes writing complex and challenging, and helps you to reflect and act on ways to target your teaching where it matters most.
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Four ways to strengthen writing in Reception
Reception is a crucial time for building the foundations of writing, but it’s just one part of a much bigger picture. This article helps teachers and school leaders to use the Department for Education's writing framework. It explores four ways you can strengthen writing in Reception through fostering a love of language, creating a writing community, mastering transcription, and giving explicit handwriting instruction to prepare children for Key Stage 1 and beyond.