Writing Review

Staff and children are currently reviewing our writing programmes. This involves finding out what is working well and what could be improved. Involving children in this process is an important way to give us as a school feedback on how we are going, for it is the children who have real insight into what works and how we can make learning better. These insights give us real opportunities for improvement. This is an important aspect of our curriculum development which we call Self Review through the use of Student Voice.

Our process involved children from the Student Leadership Council interviewing others using a form, taking a photo survey and videoing children talking about their writing. The photos to the right show that writing happens in a wide variety of ways - it also happens in conjunction with reading and other learning areas. Here are some of the quotes from children about what they like about writing at school:

Explanations and recounts because its lots of fun. Matthew, Y4

You get to do a lot of cool things and uses a lot of imagination. Evie, Y3

When he can write about show and tell. Jacob, Y2

Writing about stars. Sydney, Y2

Writing fiction and using my imagination. Trinity, Y6

I love to do free writing. Hannah, Y6

Getting to make up my own stories. Charlize, Y5

Writing about what he's done. Harrison, Y1

That you get to make up story. Emelia, Y3

It shows all of the hard work. Matthew F, Y4

It's fun and it has so many different types of writing and i just like writing. Shalagh, Y7

Shark Drive - great recount by Xavier Room 2

I couldn't resist putting this great recount by Xavier in Room 2 onto my blog for you to enjoy. Well done Xavier!

Shark Drive

I went hunting for a great white shark.We saw a shark lurking in the dark blue water. It was a dot in the water at first but when it got closer I saw it ferocious teeth in the distance. It's fin was like a knife. The shark was swimming as fast as a rocket. When it saw the food floating on top of the water it took only two massive bites to shallow it.

The food was gone it wanted more. I throw Taylor overboard. Then the shark crunched on the cage like it was it's breakfast.

I saw it teeth that looked like blades...