Our School Rationale and Vision for the Writing Curriculum

Our aim at St Barnabas’ School is that all children aspire to master a broad range of skills, knowledge and understanding relating to English and Communication.

Our Vision

• Developing an enthusiasm and love for writing.
• Ensuring that the children promote high standards of language and literacy.
• Enabling children to confidently use a variety of writing styles across the curriculum.
• Enabling children to fluently express the ideas of themselves and others through a variety of genres in writing, reading, speaking and listening.
• Ensuring that children understand and use the language of problem solving and to be able to organise and sequence information.

Our Rationale

• Preparing each child for a place in education and society so they can communicate their emotions and ideas to others.
• Enabling children to become autonomous, confident and passionate learners.
• Providing opportunities for performance to a wider audience.
• Enabling children to use language and communication to address local, national and global issues and provide opportunities for free speech and the expression of opinion.
• Encouraging pupils to appreciate the power and beauty of the spoken and written word as well as to ask questions and think critically.