Grammar at Cherbourg at a glance

• Grammar is taught throughout all key stages
• A good understanding of grammar helps children to feel confident to fully understand the sentences that they read
• A good understanding of grammar helps children to feel confident to choose and use effective vocabulary, sentence structures and punctuation in their own sentences
• A good understanding of  grammar helps children to use writing productively and effectively, therefore creating a particular effect on their audience/ reader
• Understanding how to create these effects enables children to adapt their writing for a particular purpose and craft it into a particular form.