Ready, Steady, Write

From Reception through to Year 6 we follow the Ready, Steady, Write scheme which is an evidence-based tool for the teaching of writing. The units have been carefully mapped out, so the entire statutory curriculum for writing is covered for each year group.

Ready, Steady, Write provides opportunity for the teaching of writing through high-quality literature (vehicle texts). Each unit of work centres around an engaging, vocabulary-rich text, modelled examples of writing based on the text and provides a wealth of writing opportunities.

Each class produces 12 pieces of extended writing a year following the writing process of Immerse, Analyse, Plan and Write. Writing is published and displayed across school to celebrate the high standard of writing achieved. In addition to the 12 extended pieces of writing the children have numerous opportunities to complete linked incidental writes. 

Units of work offer opportunities to develop a wider vocabulary, teach contextualised spelling, grammar and punctuation, develop sentence accuracy and write in a range of genres.

In every writing lesson the children work on their sentence accuracy skills to secure effective sentence construction and apply foundational skills and knowledge. The sentence accuracy work is progressive across the year and links directly to the Ready, Steady, Write focus text each class is working on.