Highbank Primary and Nursery School posted a video on Twitter of a child in F1 (Nursery 2) telling the story of The Three Little Pigs to her peers. She is sat in the storytelling chair and is using key language and occasional actions to assist the flow of the story – she has the other children completely hooked.
Talk for Writing and Kensuke’s Kingdom
Janet Gough, Assistant Headteacher and English Subject Leader at Cockerham Parochial School in Lancashire, explains how to use Talk for Writing techniques to embed language skills within the context of the Michael Morpurgo novel Kensuke’s Kingdom.
Talk for Writing in primary maths classrooms
A case study by Mari Palmer of St. Heddas RC Primary School, Esk Valley Alliance, about using TfW to address the ‘Year Three Dip’ in primary maths. “We decided we would focus on the four main calculations and how children could use memory hooks to remember their chosen calculation methods”.
Storymapping in China
Cara O’Connor, a teacher at Robin Hood Academy in Birmingham, tells us how she took Talk for Writing to the Chinese capital: “It was brilliantly received. The class teacher loved seeing a different way of teaching literacy especially the idea of story mapping and using the actions. It worked brilliantly”.
Talk for Writing in languages in primary and secondary schools
The Talk for Writing method lends itself well to foreign language learning. This is what teachers Juliet Park and Wendy Adeniji have implemented in their new primary languages scheme which uses stories, songs and games; the strong phonics focus builds children’s confidence through highly interactive language learning.
Developing a whole school approach to improving writing
Talk for Writing has transformed Rachel Orr’s primary school and you can read about her experiences on her blog. It includes tangible evidence not just in the impressive data but also through samples of writing from a child – and some attractive displays too.
Transforming Writing Project: Final Evaluation Report
Led by Pie Corbett, supported by Julia Strong, Transforming Writing was a two-year action research project which developed a model for the teaching and learning of writing that embedded formative assessment. Teachers and headteachers from 12 primary schools in challenging catchments were recruited.
Talk for Writing in secondary maths classrooms
Zeb Friedman, Maths Adviser and AST maths teacher shares the application of Talk for Writing in maths teaching at Varndean School, Brighton and Hove. “This was comparing maths to written communication in a direct and explicit way. The strategy that makes so much sense to me is ‘boxing up’”.