Tag Archives: writing

Talk for Writing

Posted on June 5, 2014 by

The 15 Minute Forum tonight was led by history teacher Jack Tyler.  Earlier in the year, Jack attended a CPD event, where ‘Talk for Writing’ was being discussed.  At the time, it was mostly being used in primary schools, but … Continue reading →

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Layered Writing

Posted on January 30, 2014 by

The 15 minute forum tonight was led by English teacher Gav McCusker.  Gav has been developing a writing technique with his students, that he refers to as ‘layered writing’.  The inspiration for this was from great painters.  In order to … Continue reading →

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Modelling Writing

Posted on January 16, 2014 by

The 15 Minute Forum tonight was led by Andy Tharby. Andy was looking at strategies that he has been developing and sharing through his blog, on the issue of developing writing with students. He started by posing this question: How … Continue reading →

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Developing writing skills

Posted on June 27, 2013 by

The fifteen minute forum was led tonight by Harriet Schuler – our Deputy Leader in Science. Our science department have been developing  ways in which they can support students with their extended writing – particularly in response to the new … Continue reading →

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