1. HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD TO ACHIEVE GREATER DEPTH WRITING IN LKS2
MARLBOROUGH PRIMARY SCHOOL
HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD TO ACHIEVE GREATER DEPTH WRITING IN LKS2
Mr Briody
LKS2 Phase Leader

2. Aims of this workshop
To achieve a stronger understanding of what ‘Greater Depth’ means
To unpick the National Curriculum to understand the expectations of Greater Depth
To have the opportunity to look at examples of writing that meets the national expected standard and those that exceed ‘greater depth’
To further understand SPaG terms

3. What is Greater Depth?

4. What is the TAF?
The TAF is an acronym for the ‘Teacher Assessment Framework’
TAFs support teachers in making statutory judgements for children at the end of their Key Stage
TAFs are available for Maths, Reading and Writing
TAFs focus on key aspects of the curriculum
The framework has a range of ‘Pupil can’ statements which guide teachers judgements

5. Greater Depth – Year 2

6. Year 3 and 4
Three are three main final judgements – Working Towards, Expected or Greater Depth Secure
e.g. 3E, 3D, 3S, 3M
To judge that a pupil is working above age related expectations (GDS), the child must be incorporating ALL of the statements within their writing.

7. What is SPAG? SPAG stands for ‘Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar’
In Year 3 and 4, SPaG is embedded into all English lessons
Children are expected to move away from phonetically plausible spellings
Common exception words are expected to be spelt correctly

8. SPaG for Parents

9. SPaG for Parents

10. SPaG for Parents

11. COMPOSITION
YEAR 3
YEAR 4

12. SENTENCE STRUCTURE
YEAR 3
YEAR 4

13. TEXT ORGANISATION
YEAR 3
YEAR 4

14. PUNCTUATION
YEAR 3
YEAR 4

15. SPELLING/HANDWRITING
YEAR 3
YEAR 4

16. Year 3 and 4 Common Exception Words

17. Year 3 and 4 Handwriting

18. Examples of Greater Depth at Marlborough
A range of suffixes
Using Year 2 punctuation

19. Year 3 – Expected

20. Year 3 – Greater Depth

21. Year 3 – Greater Depth

22. Year 3 – Greater Depth

23. Year 4 – Expected

24. Year 4 – Greater Depth

25. Year 4 – Greater Depth

26. SUPPORTING WRITING AT HOME
LKS2 Greater Depth Writing Resource Booklet
Write a range of text types
FICTION
NON-FICTION
POETRY
Adventure
Mystery
Science-Fiction
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Dilemma Stories
Dialogue, Play scripts, Film narratives,
Myths and Legends
Fairy tales
Fables
Traditional Tales
Discussion texts
Explanation texts
Instructional texts
Persuasive texts
Non-chronological reports
Recounts
Free verse
Visual poems (e.g. shape poems)
Structured poems (e.g. rhyme, kenning, limerick etc.)

27. SUPPORTING WRITING AT HOME
Slow Writing
READ a range of texts
New vocabulary displays
Spelling – books, online resources
Editing

28. SUPPORTING WRITING AT HOME
Write a secret diary.
Make up song lyrics.
Plan their own party.
Write a story for a younger family member, in the style of their favourite book.
Write a holiday journal.
Write instructions for an X-box game, Minecraft or similar.
Write a recipe.
Write instructions for a more mature member of the family (eg . grandparent) for a piece of modern technology they can’t get to grips with!
Produce their own comic (
Channel their passions – RSPCA, WWF, ActionAid etc. all have ideas for getting children involved in raising awareness of campaigns.
Write to the local newspaper about a local issue they feel strongly about or even to the local MP.
Talk to different generations of family about their life and compile a family history.
Make up jokes.
Look out for writing competitions eg. Radio 2’s annual 500 Word Competition. (A prize is always an incentive to write!)

29. Thank you for listening
QUESTIONS?
Thank you for listening