ESSENTIALWRITING
ESSENTIALWRITING is an ambitious and progressive writing curriculum for years 1-6, using high-quality literature. The curriculum has been designed to support teachers’ subject knowledge and provide pedagogical tools and strategies to teach children how to write for specific purposes and authentic audiences. This motivates and empowers children to write purposefully and to self-identify as volitional writers.
For enquiries please contact essential.writing@hfleducation.org
Latest blogs
Writing for pleasure – AND for assessment!
Alison Dawkins explores how writing that is for assessments can also be written for pleasure.
The fragile threads of mental health: why we should maintain a watchful eye on mental health in our schools
The fragile threads of mental health: why we should maintain a watchful eye on mental health in our schools.
Black and minority ethnic (BME), Health & Wellbeing, Leadership, Curriculum, Subject knowledge
PLEASE MIND THE GAP and ensure you take all your ‘belongings’ with you - Part 1
Doug Harmer explores barriers to learning and their correlation with a ‘sense of belonging’.
Disadvantaged & Vulnerable, Ofsted, School improvement, Curriculum
