Teaching science at Selby using Talk for Writing

Tom Wrigglesworth, Year 6 teacher at Selby Community Primary School, explains how the Talk for Writing approach can enhance learning in science and develop vocabulary across the curriculum.

St Matthew’s CE Primary School, Birmingham

Paulette - Talk for Writing trainer

Having been awarded an MBE for Services to Education, Headteacher Paulette Osborne reflects on how Talk for Writing helped transform St Matthew’s CE Primary School, Nechells, Birmingham from a disaster into a shining example.

Bevendean Hearing Support Facility Project

Ali Davis writes about a TfW project at Bevendean Hearing Support Facility: “I have always taught in a very interactive way, igniting imagination and desire to write. Talk for Writing has given a new, innovative structure to this teaching method”.

Talk for Writing saves the day in Thailand!

Talk for Writing Thailand storytelling

A Foundation Stage teacher working at Penn Wood in Slough employed Talk for Writing methods when called upon to unexpectedly teach English to children living in a Thai village. By the end of the session they all understood the plot of The Gingerbread Man and were able to use the English words.

Outstanding evidence of the writing process at East Hunsbury

Liz Martin, project leader at East Hunsbury Primary Schol: “the format of units in our books, which illustrates the Talk for Writing process clearly, show the progress…but they also showed the strength of self-editing; an area clearly highlighted in the new curriculum…which fits perfectly with the TfW strategy”.

Raising expectations at Selby Community Primary

Ian Clennan, headteacher of Selby Community Primary School, explains how the Talk for Writing approach rescued writing from the doldrums in his school and has the potential to transform writing: “we have learned many things; the most important being that we had made things too easy for the children for far too long”.

The role of project teams – Aylesbury Aspire Project

In 2014, Talk for Writing trainers Julia Strong and Maria Richards were approached by the Aspire group of schools in Aylesbury to train the staff of 6 primary schools plus some secondary colleagues. The key aspect of this training was the role of the project teams in leading the project within their schools.