At Lime Tree Primary, each English teaching sequence follows a clear and purposeful journey:
Immersion → Analysing Model Texts → Skills Development → Writing Process (Planning → Drafting → Editing → Revising → Sharing)
We guide children through a clear and supportive writing process to help them become confident, successful writers. Each piece of writing begins with immersion in a high-quality text, where pupils explore ideas, language and structure through drawing, drama and discussion. They then learn and practise key skills before planning their own writing with a clear purpose and audience in mind. Children draft their work, focusing on getting their ideas down, before carefully editing and revising to improve vocabulary, punctuation and overall impact. Finally, they have opportunities to share their writing, celebrating their achievements. This step-by-step approach helps children understand that writing is a process, encouraging them to reflect, improve and take pride in their work.
At Lime Tree we use Letter-join to support the teaching of handwriting.
This website has interactive features that parents can also use to encourage their children with handwriting at home. It allows children to practice pre-selected letters and the font style used in school and also helps to teach patterns in letter forms and words that can be traced on the screen.