The Purpose of writing within the context of Schooling.

The Primary School curriculum's main aim in all aspects of teaching is to equip students in skills that will assist them to function adequately within society academically and socially. Writing of course, is a crucial part of the Primary school curriculum it not only gives the students ability to communicate effectively but to experiment with language and express ideas. DET 2002:84 states "through writing students can reflect on experience, re order ideas to create new knowledge, …showed first 75 words of 1348 total…

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