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Writing in Action: Yr R Writing Project

Audience: Primary
Multiple sessions
  • Foundation

Brief overview

Are you a reception teacher and interested in:

  • being part of an action research project
  • raising outcomes in the specific area of Writing
  • increasing the percentage of children that achieve the GLD
  • closing the gap for our most vulnerable learners
  • receiving ongoing high-quality CPD and support?

Working alongside and with Jan Dubiel and Polly Sharman his project will run from September 2025 to June 2026.  There will be 6 planned sessions across the year both online (twilights) and face to face (whole and half days), as well as ongoing communication between.

This project is for Year R Teachers although all staff are welcome to attend the twilight sessions - especially English leaders.  The project will run as 2 Cohorts - if these dates are not suitable for you please take a look at the alternative dates.  Please note that Cohorts are not interchangeable.

Closing Date:  31st July 2025.

Please contact Polly.sharman@theeducationpeople with any queries.

Learning outcomes

Our supportive sessions will include guidance and time to:

  • Understand and use relevant research to begin to construct a curriculum to support writing.
  • Define what we mean by a successful writing by the end of the Reception year.
  • Look at the profiles of children who did and didn't achieve the writing ELG.
  • Identify possible barriers to children and explore solutions.
  • Target there and then those who are at risk by devising specific strategies to support them.
  • Build and share pedagogical strategies to use as a resource. 

Prices

Dates

  • Writing in Action: Year R Writing Project, Cohort 2 - 23/09/2025 09:30  -  16:00
  • Writing in Action: Year R Writing Project, Cohort 2 - 20/11/2025 16:00  -  17:30
  • Writing in Action: Year R Writing Project, Cohort 2 - 27/01/2026 13:30  -  16:30
  • Writing in Action: Year R Writing Project, Cohort 2 - 19/03/2026 16:00  -  17:30
  • Writing in Action: Year R Writing Project, Cohort 2 - 21/05/2026 16:00  -  17:30
  • Writing in Action: Year R Writing Project, Cohort 2 - 30/06/2026 09:00  -  12:00

Event type

Face 2 Face

Address

The Education People
Unit 1
Papyrus Way
Aylesford
Kent
ME20 7GJ