Fostering a Culture of Writing in the Classroom guidance alongside from the Irish Department of Education, arranged in three chapters:
Supporting writers' growth through social engagement.
Writing for a variety of purposes and audiences in a range of genres.
Making the writing process transparent with explicit and explicit instruction.
The playlist of St Mark's writing milestones describes how the school have developed a clear approach to progress and next steps in writing that is shared meaningfully with learners.
This recording describes how Coastlands have adapted Talk for Writing to fit better with their move to Curriculum for Wales.
Below left is the PowerPoint shared at Pennar School on 13.9.24 providing an overview of TWR, with examples of activities at sentence and SPO level. To the right are screen shots of videos and lessons available on the No More Marking site as part of their developing writing programme launched 2024. The first few lessons are open access, wiht the remained available for members. Schools who are not yet NMM members, can be funded to join in 2024-25 - contact Sian on RowlesS5@hwbcymru.net to discuss.
KS2-KS3: Closing the Writing Gap
Alex Quigley has been a teacher for over 15 years and he now works for EEF, an educational charity focused on supporting disadvantaged pupils. Alex is an author of the best selling 'Closing the Gap' series, including the newly published, 'Closing the Writing Gap'. He writes regular articles for TES magazine and Teach Secondary magazine, and can be found on social media at @AlexJQuigley. His website is www.theconfidentteacher.com.
In the Partneriaeth session below, he explores the challenges our pupils face in developing their writing skill. He explores the barriers to developing writing, along with practical, manageable solutions from the classroom. The session explores how to support the writing process, how to write brilliant sentences, and much more. Presentation is below and link to recording is here: KS2-KS3 Closing the Writing Gap Alex Quigley