OtherWise Education
WRITING WORKS
Writing Works
Writing Works is an ambitious project that sets up children and teachers from a group of schools into a lively, expressive and creative writing network.
This project has been designed and developed by Jonny Walker and Jo Castro.
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Sessions take place across six consecutive weeks, and we introduce children to a range of challenging and unusual writing contexts, working with them to find and develop their authentic authorship.
What makes this project unique is that we gather a teach of expert writers to facilitate the sessions.
Working alongside professional writers gives children the chance to see what a real writer's life is.
The first and last sessions are facilitated by Jonny Walker or Jo Castro, and the four guest workshops are led by writers across different fields.
Week 1 - Intro to Writing Works
Week 2 - Fiction
Week 3 - Non-Fiction
Week 4 - Poetry
Week 5 - Illustration
Week 6 - Your Writer's Life
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We approach writers we like, and support them to develop brilliant workshops.
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The design of the project recognises the additional emotional and pastoral challenges that can be faced by highly academically-able pupils; using Jo's coaching approach, we embed an understanding of the perils of perfectionism, a desire for challenge and independence, and a fear of failure.
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Our successful pilot took place with schools in Redbridge, hosted at Glade Primary School.
We had a wonderful team of writers involved.
This can serve as an example of how it might work in your school.
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Fiction - Led by Chitra Soundar
Non-Fiction - Led by Sonya Patel Ellis
Poetry - Led by Adisa the Verbalizer
Illustration - Led by Pete Gray
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Want to run Writing Works with your local schools?
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