by nicola | Feb 19, 2020 | #WritingRocks
The first #WritingRocks chat of 2020 featured faces (old and new) reflecting honestly on how the messages in Margaret Meek’s ‘On Being Literate’ are reflected in and might inform our classroom practice. BIG thanks for your contributions:...
by nicola | Jan 20, 2020 | #WritingRocks
Our final #WritingRocks chat of 2019 focused on how some of the key messages in Michael Rosen’s succinct and practical handbook: ‘Writing for Pleasure’ are reflected in and might inform our practice. It was a lively and supportive Writing for Pleasure masterclass....
by nicola | Dec 18, 2019 | #WritingRocks
Massive thanks to this month’s contributors: @OvendenLaura @Bpatmore @WritingRocks_17 @damyhills @BethRowe1 @RogMcDonald @one_to_read @MrsSmanwar @SculptingMinds @clairlou972 @one_to_read @InspirePriEng @Lea_Forest_HT @SadiePhillips @Citygoldfinch @BethRowe1...
by nicola | Oct 27, 2019 | #WritingRocks, The Writing Web
BIG thanks to: @lit4pleasure @mazmitchell @one_to_read @therroneill @larrainesharri3 @sam_creighton @smithsmm @LetsThinkForum @think_talk_org @katehitchings1 @mr_o_connor @MichaelRosenYes @Marcelavb3 for sharing your practical, research-based and creative responses to...
by nicola | Oct 12, 2019 | #WritingRocks, The Writing Web
It was brilliant to learn from so many familiar voices and the #WritingforPleasure discussion was certainly enriched by some new bodies taking part during and after the chat. BIG thanks to @OtherWiseEdu @one_to_read @lit4pleasure @WritingRocks_17 @JohnPP...
by nicola | Oct 2, 2019 | #WritingRocks, My Interests, The Writing Web
This vignette was written as part of a writing workshop in The John Roan School library at a creative writing session lead by author-in-residence Matt Dickinson, who successfully climbed Mount Everest in 1996. He now writes for children and young people, drawing on...
