Write dance combines gross and fine motor skills with rhythmic and then melodic pieces of music chosen so the children can follow and learn specific movements to develop their physical skills including, balance, coordination, flexibility and stamina. The music and the dance is used to guide and aid children’s imagination and language development, so the pieces of music, with the corresponding movements, are structured into ‘narrative’ themes that can be developed as stories or these can be enjoyed as separate and ‘stand-alone’ sessions. Rhythm is closely linked to rhyme and children are encouraged to use their voices to describe the actions as they move and dance.  Mark-making and ‘movement drawings’ ensure that the children progress from whole body dance moves to fine- motor movements with fluency and speed.  This provides the crucial learning environment, the most appropriate resources and the most motivating and stimulating programme to support and develop mature physical skills more quickly.

For letter formation we use the RWI phonics scheme which links a story and visual to each letter, please refer to RWI for more information.