Writing programme

Now I have children who are turning 6 who have the great letter-sound knowledge, can write many words, and construct sentences, I really wanted to provide appropriate support for them to be able to progress in writing.

There are a few things that these children are still working on such as having a finger space between words, having a full stop and writing more than 2 sentences. I has kind of started to be a bit boring as we write about our experiences, these children have been done this a lot, and I needed to do something different to encourage a different way of writing.
After reading the effective writing book, I came across a case study where a teacher read the story called "A lion in the meadow" and this led to the children writing about their mum. I thought this was a really interesting idea and something that our children can easily relate to the topic.
First I read the story, but before reading the story, I told them to think about the mother in the book, "what does she look like?" "what does she sound like?"

After reading the book, we discussed the questions that I asked them before. It was really interesting how the children shared their understanding of the character of the mother.
Then, I asked them to visualise their mum in their heads. Then, I modeled my writing about my mum. I talked about what her hair looked like, how it made me feel when she gave me a hug, and her name.
I wrote down some questions on pieces of paper for the children to reflect on like "What does she smell like?" "What does she sound like?" "what is her name?"
The children wrote their stories, and it was really fantastic to listen to their thoughts about their mum.
There are still many things that the children need to work on like the ones I mentioned earlier, but as a way to create a wonderful topic and to see a great content, this was such a great way to promote writing. I really enjoyed watching them think about how to put their own ideas and writing them down.