Enfield PS 2024 Problem of Practice: Are we creating a supportive classroom environment for writing at Enfield PS? + Are the writing tasks challenging, thoughtful, authentic and purposeful? + How is formative assessment and explicit and timely feedback used to improve student writing? + Do students know what they're learning and why its important?
THE MAIN PRE-READING for this round was "What does An Effective Teacher of Writing Do?". It can be accessed on our previous page, Writing - A Key Skill THE PRESENTATION, created by Carolyn Wallace-Whelan was focused on broadening and deepening understanding of teaching and learning writing through the lens of the NSW English syllabus K-10 and evidence-based practice and research. Download here: enfield_ps_2024_ppt_br.pdf
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SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS. There were four supplementary readings for this round to prompt teachers and leaders to understand the complexity of teaching writing.
Enfield PS 2025 Problem of Practice How are we enabling students to write successfully and purposefully across all subject areas through explicit teaching? * How is writing explicitly deconstructed, modelled and scaffolded to support students? * Are general writing skills explicitly taught and applied across subjects? * What feedback do students receive on their writing, and do they use it to revise and improve?
THE MAIN PRE-READING for the 2025 round was: "The Writing Rope: A Framework for Explicit Writing Instruction in All Subjects" by Joan Sedita
THE PRESENTATION, created by Carolyn Wallace-Whelan, was based upon the above pre-reading and on participants' responses to this pre-round task.