At Hollin Primary School we believe that English skills are vital to the development of our pupils, so that they are well prepared for their future life. Our aim is to deliver a rich and inspiring English curriculum, in order for our pupils to develop the knowledge and skills that they need in order to become confident and effective communicators in the outside world.
You can read more about our writing curriculum by clicking here.
Writing Assemblies
On Tuesday 23rd April 2024, Mrs Brokenbrow led an assembly for pupils in Reception -Year 6, with writing updates. You can view the presentation by clicking below.
On Tuesday 23rd January 2024, Mrs Brokenbrow led an assembly for Year 1-Year 6, with reading and writing updates. You can view the presentation by clicking below.
On Tuesday 26th September, Mrs Brokenbrow led an assembly for Year 1-Year 6, about writing. You can view the presentation by clicking below.
Writing Assembly -Autumn 1 2023
On Tuesday 23rd May 2023, Mrs Brokenbrow led an assembly for Reception-Year 6, about writing. You can view the presentation by clicking below.
Writing Assembly -Summer 1 2023
On Tuesday 24th January 2023, Mrs Brokenbrow led an assembly for Years 1-6, all about writing. You can view the presentation by clicking below.
Writing Assembly -Spring 1 2023
Each term, we set our pupils a writing challenge. The theme for the challenge differs each time and there is a constraint of using no more than 100, in which to complete the challenge. Many of our pupils engage well with this challenge. Winners of the challenge are celebrated and shared in an assembly, and on our school website and X. Additionally, the winning entries are displayed on our 'Wonderful Writing' display in a prominent area of school. You can read more about our challenges below.
Writing challenge - Summer 1 2025
Imagine an alien visited Earth for the day, what would you do with them?
Pupils from Reception to Year 6 are invited to take part in the writing challenge.
Deadline - Wednesday 7th May
Winners will be announced and celebrated in assembly on Friday 9th May.
Good luck!
Writing challenge - Spring 1 2025
If your toys came alive when you were sleeping, what sorts of things would they get up to?
Pupils in Year 1 -Year 6 were invited to take part in the writing challenge and we received an impressive 76 entries! Winners were shared and celebrated in assembly on Friday 31st January and via our X page.
Writing challenge - Autumn 1 2024
If you had a super power, what would it be, and why?
Pupils in Year 1 -Year 6 were invited to take part in the writing challenge. Winners were announced in assembly on Friday 11th October. We received 87 entries. A huge thank you and well done to everybody who got involved with this challenge. It was great to read about aspirations for the future! Winners were shared and celebrated on our Twitter page.
Writing challenge - Summer 1 2024
What do you want to do when you are older, and why?
Pupils in Reception -Year 6 were invited to take part in the writing challenge. Winners were announced in assembly on Friday 3rd May. We received 95 entries - WOW! A huge thank you and well done to everybody who got involved with this challenge. It was great to read about aspirations for the future! Winners were shared and celebrated on our Twitter page and winning entries displayed on our writing display.
Writing challenge - Spring 1 2024
Who is your favourite person, and why?
Pupils in Years 1-Year 6 are invited to take part in the new writing challenge. Winners were announced on Friday 2nd February in assembly. We received 77 entries overall - a huge thank you and well done to everybody that has got involved. A huge well done to our winners. Their writing will be displayed on the 'Wonderful Writing' display on the main corridor.
Writing challenge - Autumn 1 2023
If you could invent something, what would it be, and why?
Pupils in Years 1-Year 6 are invited to take part in our current writing challenge. We received an amazing 85 entries! Wow! A huge well done to our six winners. They were shared and celebrated in assembly on Friday 6th October 2023.
100 word challenge - Invention
Writing challenge - Summer 1 2023
In 100 words, or less, please write about an adventure that our Hollin Bear has been on.
Pupils from Reception- Year 6 were invited to take part in our 100 word challenge for the Summer term. We received an amazing 61 entries, and the ideas that were included were fabulous.
Writing challenge - Summer 1
You can view our challenge winners by clicking here.
Writing challenge - Spring 1 2023
'If you were Headteacher of Hollin Primary for the day, what would you do?'
Pupils from Year 1-6 are invited to take part in our 100 word challenge for the Spring term. We received an amazing 73 entries and the ideas that were included were fabulous.
Our winners were also shared and celebrated via Twitter. Click here to see the tweet.
Writing Challenge - Autumn term 2022
'Who Inspires you?'
We received 57 entries across school and enjoyed reading them all! It proved a challenge to pick just six winners, as the quality of entries was so high.
You can see who our talented winners are on Twitter by cicking here.
At Hollin, we proudly showcase a range of writing from across year groups from Nursery to Year 6. Our display is in a prominent area of school and is updated each term.
Autumn term 2022 - Click here to see pictures of our wonderful writing display on Twitter.
Spring term 2023 - Click here to see pictures of our wonderful writing display on Twitter.
At Hollin, pupils in Year 1-6 take part in a weekly spelling challenge. Spellings are shared with pupils and sent home with them to learn, ready for the following week.
From Spring 2023, we are going to introduce a 'Spelling Superstar award' across year groups 1-6. Class teams will choose two pupils from their class, to receive the award each half term. They will be presented with our special certificate and their names added to our new display. There are many reasons that pupils could receive this award. Pupils may receive this award for consistently learning their spellings, or for improving their spelling scores week on week.
Here is our 'Spelling Superstar' certificate.
The first recipients of our 'Spelling Superstars' award were announced in assembly on Friday 17th February 2023. Their faces are now proudly displayed on our spelling display and were shared via our Twitter feed.
'Spelling Superstars' for the second Spring term 2023 were announced in assembly on Friday 31st March 2023. Their faces are now proudly displayed on our spelling display and were shared via our Twitter feed.
'Spelling Superstars' for the Summer term 2023 were shared and celebrated on Thursday 25th May 2023. Their faces are now proudly displayed on our spelling display and were shared via our Twitter feed.
'Spelling Superstars' for the Autumn term 2023 were shared and celebrated on Tuesday19th December 2023. Their names are now proudly displayed on our spelling display and were shared via our Twitter feed.
'Spelling Superstars' for the Spring term 2024 were shared and celebrated on Friday 22nd March 2024. Their names are now proudly displayed on our spelling display and were shared via our Twitter feed.
In January 2023, Debbie Watson from ISHA handwriting, visited us at Hollin. You can read more about her visit by clicking below.
Handwriting training - January 2023
Richard O'Neil and Michelle Russell
On Wednesday 17th May 2023 we were lucky enough to be joined by two fantastic authors, Richard O'Neil and Michelle Russell. Richard and Michelle have worked together to co-write 'Rag n Bone Bear' and Michelle has illustrated it. We welcomed Richard into school and Michelle via Zoom. You can read more about our day by clicking here. You can read more about our day by clicking here.
Cath Howe
On Wednesday 24th May 2023, we welcomed author, Cath Howe, into school to speak to our Year 5 and Year 6 classes. Cath Howe has written a number of best selling books, her most recent is called 'My Life on Fire'.
You can read more about our visit by clicking here.
A special thanks to the staff at Madeleine Lindley book shop for offering this fantastic opportunity to our pupils.
On Friday 16th June 2023, we held our first 'Hollin Spelling Bee' for Years 5 and 6. They were tasked with spelling some challenging words. From this event, we had three finalists, who were invited to take part in a competition against children from other schools in our PiraMidd collaborative group.
On Tuesday 27th June 2023, our three finalists visited Parkfield Primary, to take part in the 'Inter-school Spelling Bee'. There were nine finalists taking part, from three of our PiraMidd schools. There were some very tricky spellings, in order to determine the winner. The three children, who represented Hollin, were amazing! They returned to Hollin with a 2nd, 3rd and 4th place. A huge well done to them!
We shared and celebrated our finalists on Twitter.
Our next Spelling Bee will be in the Summer term 2024.
Pupil voice (Writing) - May 2025
Pupil Voice (Writing) - September 2023
