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Writing at Moseley

At Moseley Primary School, we use the Talk 4 Writing approach to teaching Writing. We believe that talking about what you write is the initial step in producing excellent writing.

‘The Talk for Writing approach enables children to read and write independently for a variety of audiences and purposes within different subjects. A key feature is that children internalise the language structures needed to write through ‘talking the text’, as well as close reading. The approach moves from dependence towards independence, with the teacher using shared and guided teaching to develop the ability in children to write creatively and powerfully’ Pie Corbett

In accordance with the National Curriculum, we have also identified Key Progress Indicators (KPIs) for each year group. Theses outline the most crucial elements of writing that children should achieve within a year.

Please find below the KPIs for each year group. These are also displayed in your child’s classroom and are used as part of the assessment that takes place in school. This contributes to the attainment that is reported to parents at Parents Evenings and in the final report.

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Reading Spine for Whole School

This table shows ten books per year group that are to be read during the year for pleasure, and not as part of English lessons. We love reading.

	Dynamos	Nursery	Reception	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5	Year 6
A book from a different culture	Elmer by David McKee	My Granny Went to Market by Stella Blackstone	Emma Jane’s Aeroplane by Katie Haworth and Daniel Rieley	We’re Riding on a Caravan: An Adventure on the Silk Road by Laurie Krebs	Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai	African Tales: A Barefoot Collection by Gcina Mhlophe	Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo	The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Rauf	The Boy Who Biked the World by Alistair Humphrey
A book with a female protagonist	Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett	The Mega Magic Hair Swap by Rochelle Humes	Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson	My Naughty Little Sister by Dorothy Edwards	The Paperbag Princess by Robert Munsch	Running on the Roof of the World by Jess Butterworth	The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy	Brightstorm by Vashti Hardy	Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls’ Rights by Malala Yousafzai
A classic	Where’s Spot? By Eric Hill	The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr	Peace at Last by Jill Murphy	Paddington: The original story of the bear from Darkest Peru by Michael Bond	The Ugly Ducking by Hans Christian Anderson	Stuart Little by EB White	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis	Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl	The Borrowers by Mary Norton
A picture book	A Dark, Dark Tale by Ruth Brown	Shark in the Park by Nick Sharratt	All Join In by Quentin Blake	Slinky Malinki by Lynley Dodd	Baker Cat by Posy Simmonds	The Tin Forest by Helen Ward	The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde	The Arrival by Shaun Tan	The Tunnel by Anthony Browne
An award-winner	Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers	Dogger by Shirley Hughes	The Fish Who Could Wish by Jon Bush and Korky Paul	I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen	The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka	The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith	The Land of Never Endings by Kate Saunders	Who Let the Gods Out? By Maz Evans	The Nowhere Emporium by Ross Mackenzie
A book that links with a topic	Pants by Giles Andreae and Nick Sharratt	The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister	The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright and Jim Field	Pirates Love Underpants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort	Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French	Secrets According to Humphrey by Betty G Birney	Road to London by Barbara Mitchelhill	Cosmic by Frank Cottrell-Boyce	Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll
	Three Little Pigs	What the Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson	Oi Frog! by Kes Gray and Jim Field	Stuck by Oliver Jeffers	Esio Trot by Roald Dahl	You Wait Till I’m Older Than You by Michael Rosen	Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling	My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville	Just Jack by Kate Scott
	Down by the Cool of the Pool by Tony Mitton	Where’s My Teddy? By Jez Alborough	Green Eggs and Ham by Dr Seuss	Suddenly by Colin McNaughton	Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown	Aesop’s Fables	Crazy Classrooms by Paul Cookson	Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo	Cogheart by Peter Bunzl
	The Smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson	The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl	Bears on the Stairs by Julia Jarman and Lynne Chapman	Not Now, Bernard by David McKee	The Great Dog Bottom Swap by Peter Bently	Magical Myths and Legends by Michael Morpurgo	Journey by Aaron Becker	Shackleton’s Journey by William Grill	Holes by Louis Sachar
	The Snuggle Sandwich by Malachy Doyle	Gary’s Banana Drama by Jane Massey	Mr Wolf’s Pancakes by Jan Fearnley	Dr Xargle’s Book of Earthlets by Jeanne Willis	The Cloudspotter by Tom McLaughlin	The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson	The Firework Maker’s Daughter by Phillip Pulman	The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick	Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman

Year 4 - Macbeth (Shakespeare week)

Year 2 - Trip to Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust on 15.03.2019 (Shakespeare week)

Year 4 - Goldilocks

Year 4 were learning about character flaws as part of their English work. We began this unit of work by acting out a court case. Goldilocks was on trial for bad manners. We had to decide whether Goldilocks was guilty of bad manners or in fact whether she tried to apologise to the three bears. On this occasion, our jury found Goldilocks NOT GUILTY of bad manners.

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