Workshop Overview

This evidence-informed workshop is designed for Primary educators. It provides systematic, practical strategies to reduce cognitive load and enhance writing stamina for 5 – 11 year olds. Over the course of 3 days, you will explore:

Session 1: Securing the Foundations

An exploration of working memory limits in early writers. We will focus on implementing structured oral and physical rehearsal strategies to secure robust sentence architecture before children begin to write.

Session 2: Developing Composition with upper primary students.

Teachers will learn how to utilize mentor texts effectively via the Purpose, Audience, and Form (PAF) matrix, alongside techniques for live authorial modeling.

Session 3: Polishing the Page

Taking the stress out of editing with a simple, multi-coloured pen system, plus brilliant low-prep ideas to publish children’s work for real audiences.

Classroom impact

Classroom impact: You will leave with a complete toolkit of ready-to-use strategies, a list of quality mentor texts, active speaking games and brilliant ideas for publishing children’s work that boost neatness and stamina. Best of all, you will leave with a clear, shared approach to teaching writing that connects the dots from throughout the primary years.

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