Writing in foundation subjects is a hot topic! Join our upcoming English SL's CPD event - led jointly by Ellen Counter and HFL's Beyond the Core lead Kate Kellner-Dilks - for a webinar exploring how to foster excellence and enjoyment in writing in all subjects: hub.hfleducation.org/shop/leading-p…

A perfect guide using Underwriting effectively in a nuanced, respectful way to nurture writing identity & agency. Thank you for the recommendation Ellen Counter 🙏 I♥️learning about the theories & approaches underpinning HFL Education ESSENTIAL Writing EYs scheme.

Hooray! 🎉 Our new book is out! Sarah McGeown Can’t wait to get my hands on a copy… 26 contributors from across the world! Sharing #readingforpleasure evidence around texts and contexts, readers and practices and more! Do please share!

"There is surely no lower educational expectation than believing a child has nothing to say for themselves. That they are empty – devoid of any thoughts, knowledge, ideas or experiences that readers would feel worth hearing about." 👇 writing4pleasure.com/the-writing-li…

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I feel a blog coming on, on the teaching of writing. I can't quite believe how the chunking up of writing into separate components has been taking hold, as if writing is something entirely different from & disconnected from thoughts. So 'the sentence' is taught as a thing 1/

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Well worth reading the new National Literacy Trust report on writing literacytrust.org.uk/research-servi… Their graph below (p.7)shows the decline in enjoying writing in free time 8-18yr olds …The Writing Web ✍🏾 Ellen Counter UKLA First Story

🤯 What I love about FRAN BONAFEDE National Literacy Trust is she doesn’t just share the writing data but she suggests how we can bring about a brighter writing future for children and young people UKLA 🧵 >>>>>

When we reduce writing to a set of secretarial skills and focus too heavily on the mechanics, we can lose sight of the purpose of writing. To communicate. Young children need to see themselves as writers and have their emergent writing celebrated !

THIS! The secretarial skills take a long time to fully develop - they’re not ‘the basics’ before anything else can happen, that should be allowed to hold back all else - the pleasures of intentional, creative composition. Some children will get stuck on these if that’s all …1

Join me, Ross & Phil #WritingRocks✍️😍☺️ writingrocks.bsky.social for this training on 16th October, at Elmhurst Primary School for ‘Getting Writing Right’ - what does the evidence say? Perfect for primary teachers, subject leads and school leaders! Book here 👇 hub.hfleducation.org/shop/Getting-W…

Come and work with a great team!! Take a look and share 🙌

Today the Writing Framework was published Department for Education - 🖊️ worth sharing and planning in time to discuss this Autumn 🖊️ gov.uk/government/pub… The Writing Web ✍🏾 Kelly Ashley #WordPower Sonia Ellen Counter

Writing in reading lessons can be a great way to bring pleasure to proceedings. Please consider sharing: Sam Creighton Jon Biddle Teresa Cremin Mathew Tobin Alan J Wright Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 Sonia Ellen Counter Charlotte Hacking Holly Dyson 📚🦻🏻 Jo Tregenza President UKLA SFHEA FCCT Penelope Slater Aimee Durning MBE

Goodbye Allan. You were a pioneer of great children's literature, both in picture books and poetry. You were clever, funny and wise. My children loved your books. So did and so DO I. theguardian.com/books/2025/jul…

ICYMI: A blog from the EMC Archives 'The Writing Paradox - Starting with the Whole', in which EMC's director, Andrew McCallum, explores the teaching of extended writing and the possible problems with component-led pedagogy. Read here: buff.ly/HrRUynn

This has been a real labour of love for all involved… so proud of my colleagues HFL Education HertsPrimaryEnglish 🥰🙌 A writing curriculum that puts children’s ideas and agency at the heart, using books to study writing craft, to write for authentic purpose & audience ✍️🎉

Having read the DfE’s writing framework several times over the summer hols, I feel better prepared to comment on it. Having been a reception teacher for many years, I feel compelled to share my scans of this excellent handbook of writing research (wonky highlights are mine):

Teaching the writing processes to children By Ross Young ✍️ writingrocks.bsky.social and Ellen Counter writing4pleasure.com/2025/10/08/tea…