Vision Statement and Curriculum Intent

At Stock, our vision is to “Let their light shine”—we believe every child has a voice and a story worth telling. Through our writing curriculum, we aim to nurture confident, creative, and technically skilled writers who can express themselves with clarity and purpose.

Our writing curriculum, inspired by the approach of Jane Considine ‘Write Stuff’, is designed to:

• Foster a love of writing and self expression.

• Build strong foundations in transcription, grammar and composition.

• Develop rich vocabulary and a deep understanding of language.

• Promote Affinity- creating a sense of belonging where every child feels valued and supported as a writer.

• Encourage children to Aspire to high standards and take pride in their work. 

• Enable all learners to Achieve their full potential, regardless of starting points. 

We are committed to inclusivity and high expectations, ensuring all pupils are empowered to succeed and flourish.

Implementation

Writing is taught through a carefully sequenced and structured approach based on The Write Stuff. Lessons are broken into clear, manageable chunks that support all learners.

Key features include:

Sentence stacking lessons: 

Children are guided through the writing process step by step, focusing on high-quality sentence construction. Pupils learn how to construct and refine sentences through clear modelling. Children are encouraged to deepen the moment, applying their skills and knowledge. 

The Writing Rainbow: Teaching integrates:

• Ideas (creativity and composition)

• Tools (grammar and structure)

• Techniques ( writer’s craft)

Chunked learning:

Writing is broken into manageable steps to support all learners. 

Explicit teaching and modelling:

Teachers demonstrate the writing process clearly.

Vocabulary-rich lessons:

Ambitious language is taught, practised and embedded.

Use of high-quality texts:

Carefully selected texts inspire writing and provide strong models. 

Editing and redrafting:

Pupils develop independence and resilience in improving their work. 

Lesson structure

A Jane Considine writing lesson structure (often called The Write Stuff) is very structured and broken into clear, repeatable stages. It focuses on building sentence-level writing through vocabulary, grammar, and sentence shaping.

Here’s a simple breakdown of how a typical lesson is organised

Sentence Stacking Lesson (Core Structure)

This is the main teaching format.

Step 1: Initiate

• Hook the children into the lesson

• Introduce the sentence purpose (e.g. description, action, dialogue)

• Provide a model sentence

• Discuss vocabulary choices

Goal: Understand what they are writing and why

Step 2: Model

• Teacher models a sentence live

• Uses the Three Zones of Writing:

  • Ideas (what to say)

  • Grammar (how it’s built)

  • Tools (vocab, literary devices)

• Includes:

  • Think-aloud process

  • Vocabulary discussion

  • Sentence structure exploration

Goal: Make the writing process visible

Step 3: Enable

• Scaffolded support for pupils:

  • Sentence stems

  • Word banks

  • Visual prompts

  • Partner talk

Goal: Help pupils rehearse before writing

Step 4: Write

• Pupils independently write their sentence

• Focus on quality over quantity

Goal: Apply learning independently

Impact

The impact of our writing curriculum is evident in pupils who are confident, enthusiastic, and skilled writers. 

Pupils will:

• Write with fluency, stamina and increasing independence

• Apply grammar, punctuation, and spelling accurately

• Use ambitious vocabulary and varied writing techniques

• Adapt their writing for different audiences and purposes

• Show resilience through editing and improving their work 

• Demonstrate affinity by valuing their own voice and respecting others’s ideas

• Aspire to produce their best work and take pride in their achievements

• Achieve strong outcomes, making sustained progress from their starting points. 

Outcomes are reflected in high-quality writing across the curriculum, positive attitudes toward writing, and work that showcases creativity, individuality and technical accuracy. 

Our pupils leave Stock as confident communicators, ready for the next stage of their education - equipped to truly Let their light shine. 

Research which underpins our curriculum design

Our writing curriculum fulfils the statutory requirements outlined in the National curriculum (2014) and was created in line with  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-writing-framework. 

Assessment

Each piece of independent writing is assessed against the criteria below.