Developing and Implementing an Effective Writing Curriculum 26-27

Each session will have a particular focus. Across the 6 sessions, schools should be able to strengthen their school’s writing curriculum, support teachers to improve practice and deepen their understanding of current research.

Session 1 (virtual):
Curriculum Design -Linked to both The Writing Framework and The Reading Framework, this session will enable teachers and leaders to adapt their writing scheme or current planning for the needs of their school.

Session 2 (in person):
Handwriting and Foundational Skills – This session will focus specifically on foundational skills needed to support developing writers and the handwriting aspect of transcription. The focus will be on developing a handwriting policy, how to support consistent teaching across the school and catch up provision for those pupils who need it.

Session 3 (virtual):
Spelling – This session will enable teachers to understand the spelling aspect of transcription and the most effective methods for teaching spelling using explicit instruction, modelling and dictation.

Session 4 (virtual):
Grammar in Context – This session will support teachers to include the teaching of grammar within writing lessons contextually to allow pupils to apply and embed learning.

Session 5 (in person):
Modelling as a Writer and Writing as a Reader – This session will focus on meta-cognition and the impact of teacher modelling in writing lessons. It will also look at how the use of model texts and the work of authors can be used to support pupil’s writing. Work will focus on sentence level work as well as developing stamina for writing longer pieces by the end of primary school.

Session 6: Feedback (virtual):
This session will support teachers to understand the most impactful ways to give pupils feedback, within and after lessons, to ensure acclerated progress. The session will also look at how modelled editing, self-editing and peer-editing can all support writing and independence.