Writing
At Hayfield, writing is at the heart of our curriculum and is built on strong foundations in oracy, reading and language development. We adapt the CLPE Power of Reading approach to immerse children in high-quality texts, inspiring purposeful writing and a genuine love of language. Teachers draw on Hayfield’s own Grammar Progression document and individual text progression documents to support high-quality planning, teaching and assessment, ensuring skills are taught progressively and coherently. Through strong pedagogical knowledge and adaptive teaching, learning is carefully tailored to meet the needs of all pupils, providing appropriate support and challenge so every child can succeed and develop confidence as a writer.
Hayfield School EYFS writing progression document
Our Purple Pathway – Sensory Curriculum
From September 2026, children in KS1 and KS2 who are part of our Purple Pathway, with communication and sensory needs as their primary areas of need, will follow a specialist sensory curriculum informed by The Sensory Classroom.
Our sensory curriculum provides rich, meaningful and engaging learning experiences that support children to explore the world around them, develop their communication skills and build their understanding through sensory experiences. Learning is carefully tailored to each child's individual needs, strengths and interests, helping every child to engage, communicate and make progress in a way that is meaningful to them.
This approach follows our previous trial of CLPE's Power of Reading, which was extensively adapted to meet the children's individual learning needs. We have identified that a sensory-based approach offers the most appropriate and meaningful curriculum for our Purple Pathway learners.
