Writing – A Whole School Approach to Teaching

Focus: Curriculum
For: Lead teachers

Description:

Gaining Consistency – a whole school approach to teaching the writing process

The 2020 EEF guidance for improving literacy echoes the National Curriculum in its recognition of the writing process: Writing can be thought of as a process made up of five components: planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Effective writers use a number of strategies to support each component of the writing process.

This online session will consider and explore:

• the stages of the writing process and the focus of each
• the progression in National Curriculum expectations for each stage of the process
• how schools can build a writing curriculum that provides progression in the process
• how to develop a shared understanding of the writing process across your school
• effective and consistent teaching and learning approaches to ensure maximum impact on pupils’ writing

This course is part of the ‘Gaining Consistency’ series: a programme of CPD for those with a top-level view of the English curriculum in primary schools, focused on looking strategically at ensuring progression in the strands of the English curriculum, both across and within year-groups, and developing effective whole-school approaches to teaching and learning within each strand. Each session will focus on a different aspect of English, meaning that schools can take part in all sessions or choose those that are most relevant to their school development priorities.

Multiple Sessions:

This is a series of four sessions. Each session will be stand alone, therefore it is advisable but not essential for staff to attend all sessions.

• [1] Tue 10 October 2023
• [2] Tue 7 November 2023
• [3] Wed 7 February 2024
• [4] Wed 7 March 2024

Please note: You will need to book each of these sessions individually.

Director’s Note:

You’ve asked for help with getting consistency. Here it is.