Student Learning: 

Literacy

Writing in Year One

At St Joseph’s, we are incredibly proud of the writing being produced by our Year One students. 

Thanks to the direct and explicit instruction from our dedicated teachers—Meg Correy, Wendy Martin, and Zoe D’Intini, students have developed a strong foundation in the following areas: 

• Constructing sentences with both a subject and a predicate
• Using correct tense in their writing
• Incorporating conjunctions such as because, so, and but
• Formulating written questions
• Expanding sentences by including details about when, where,what, and why
• Correct use of capital letters, full stops, and question marks
• Understanding the structure and language features of narratives and recounts.

To support students in writing longer texts, especially narratives, we have introduced a new scaffolded activity. This involves using a sequence of pictures along with word or symbol prompts, enabling students to apply the writing, grammar, and syntax skills they have learned to construct extended texts independently.

Please read some of our Year One writing pieces, which are currently being displayed on the school Writing Wall. These are the students independent writing pieces prior to any editing:

Amanda Jackson 

Structured Literacy Leader