Writing for pleasure

The 14 Principles for Writing

• Create a community of writers
• Treat every child as a writer
• Read, share, think and talk about writing
• Pursue purposeful and authentic class writing projects
• Teach the writing processes
• Set writing goals
• Be reassuringly consistent
• Pursue personal writing projects
• Balance composition and transcription
• Teach daily mini-lessons
• Be a writer-teacher
• Pupil-conference
• Connect reading and writing
• Interconnect these principles

 

 

Writer’s Toolbox Filming visit to Alexandra Primary School

Over the past few months, Alexandra Primary School has been trialling Writer’s Toolbox, a New Zealand AI programme for raising students writing achievement. This award-winning programme is being rolled out in the UK and is engaging pupils and staff with its creatively designed and intuitive interface, both at school across the whole curriculum, and at home and we hope you have had a chance to see the tool in action for yourselves!

School has worked with Dr Ian Hunter, the founder of The Writers Toolbox and children across years 4 and 5 have had the opportunity to use the AI programme to support their writing.