Writing enables learners to express their thoughts and make meaning through the creation of texts in print and on screen. Learners draw on their knowledge of language and their own and others’ ideas and experiences and other texts, which may be personal or factual, to create new and meaningful texts across a range of topics and for a range of purposes. In this area, particular text types are explicitly taught (narratives, recounts, information reports, procedures, explanations and expositions). Learners develop proficiency in understanding and using the structure, content, style and language features of each text type, in order to write independently, critically, engagingly and accurately.