Swingate's Writing Champions!
At Swingate we really value the children's writing and wanted to share some fantastic examples with you. Each term, one child from each class is chosen to share their work on this page as they have written an incredible piece of writing, demonstrating academic, physical and emotional success! So take a look at our incredible writing champions. We are incredibly proud of their achievements this term and love reading their published work.
Please find below our Termly Overview of Genres to see what writing your child's class are working on this term.
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Termly overview of genres
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Year R |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Year 6 |
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Term 1 |
1 |
Learning to Learn |
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2 |
Portrait painting |
Recount |
Character description |
Setting description |
Setting description |
Diary entry |
Character description |
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3 |
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Diary entry |
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4 |
Setting Description |
Story writing |
Character description |
Character description |
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Story writing |
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5 |
Poetry |
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Story writing |
Story writing |
Setting description |
Letter writing |
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6 |
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Character description |
Instructional writing |
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Diary entry |
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7 |
Writing names |
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Term 2 |
1 |
Character descriptions |
Story writing |
Poetry |
Instructional writing |
Letter writing |
Playscript |
Newspaper report |
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2 |
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Setting Description |
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3 |
Labelling |
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Story writing |
Story writing |
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Poetry |
Story writing |
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4 |
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Instructional writing |
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Persuasion text |
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Letter writing |
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5 |
Recount |
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Instructional writing |
Story writing |
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6 |
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Letter writing |
Letter writing |
Poetry |
Diary Entry |
Letter writing |
Newspaper report |
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7 |
Labelling |
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Poetry |
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Term 3 |
1 |
Menu writing |
Letter writing |
Diary Entry |
Letter writing |
Newspaper report |
Letter writing |
Letter writing |
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2 |
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Story writing |
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Story writing |
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3 |
Speech bubbles |
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Story writing |
Story writing |
Story writing |
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4 |
Fact file |
Character description |
Story writing |
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Poetry |
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5 |
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Autobiography |
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Term 4 |
1 |
Recount |
Instructional writing |
Setting description |
Recount |
Balanced argument |
Newspaper |
Letter writing |
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2 |
WBD |
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3 |
Character description |
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Recount |
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Newspaper |
Persuasion text |
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4 |
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Story writing |
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Story writing |
Playscript |
Balanced argument |
Instructional writing |
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5 |
Comic strip |
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Character description |
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Explanation text |
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6 |
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Poetry |
Persuasion text |
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Term 5 |
1 |
Life cycle diagrams |
Letter writing |
Recount |
Diary entry |
Recount |
Character description |
Playscript |
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2 |
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Story writing |
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3 |
Diary |
Poetry |
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Story writing |
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Diary entry |
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4 |
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Letter writing |
Fact File |
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Poetry |
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5 |
Story writing |
Recount |
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Setting description |
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Character description |
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6 |
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Fact file |
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Term 6 |
1 |
Labelling |
Fact file |
Newspaper report |
Newspaper report |
Newspaper Report |
Story writing |
Balanced argument |
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2 |
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3 |
Description |
Character description |
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Magazine Article |
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4 |
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Story writing |
Setting description |
Instructional writing |
Letter writing |
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5 |
Instructional writing |
Letter writing |
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Letter writing |
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6 |
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Character Description |
Character description |
Diary entry |
Leavers Assembly |
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7 |
Letter writing |
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Letter writing |
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Leavers Assembly |
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'You can make anything by writing.' C. S. Lewis