Writing Programme
The Mini-Meet that I went to was by Ella Sharma at Papakura Central School. Three takeaways: - student ownership of learning - students being able to articulate their learning - having a meaningful purpose for writing This workshop prompted my thinking, "Why is it important for me to be an excellent practitioner in teaching writing??" These ideas come to mind... - Writing is about giving kids a voice (student ownership) - Writing is about valuing the voice of students (meaningful writing purposes) - Writing is an important transferrable skill to successful live in our society (knowledge/skill transfer) Which makes me think... when our kids leave Year 6 - what would they be doing... - confidently delivering speeches and reports on topics that are important to them - presenting original spoken word poetry or rap - sharing their stories and the stories that they want to read - uplifting others through their stories, giving voice to the feelings and ways of thinking th