National Writing Project UK
Writing the Future
an NWP residential course
for teachers, researchers and university lecturers who are interested in teaching writing
Writing the Future
an NWP residential course
for teachers, researchers and university lecturers who are interested in teaching writing
Sunday October 23rd – Tuesday October 25th 2016
Belsey Bridge Conference Centre, Ditchingham, Bungay, Suffolk NR35 2DZ
This innovative and forward-looking course is designed to provide the context for participants to deepen their knowledge and understanding of writing and writing pedagogy from the inside out. Teachers’ writing groups transform practice.
There will be opportunities for participants to:
The course will be run by Dr Jenifer Smith and Simon Wrigley, authors of Introducing Teachers’ Writing Groups: exploring the theory and practice published by Routledge in 2015. They both have long experience of writing with teachers and children.
Cost: £205: en suite accommodation; good food; beautiful grounds; expert tuition. All participants will receive a study and resource pack.
To apply for a place, please click here and complete the form, giving your name, school/institution and preferred email address. It would also be helpful if you could write a little about your current writing interests and why you would like to attend the residential.
Belsey Bridge Conference Centre, Ditchingham, Bungay, Suffolk NR35 2DZ
This innovative and forward-looking course is designed to provide the context for participants to deepen their knowledge and understanding of writing and writing pedagogy from the inside out. Teachers’ writing groups transform practice.
There will be opportunities for participants to:
- write for themselves within a community of writers;
- deepen understandings of writing processes;
- understand the nature of writing and the ways in which it informs thinking and learning across the curriculum and
- can be integral to pupils’ personal, social and spiritual development;
- extend understandings of pupil progress in writing;
- establish a principled understanding of pedagogy arising from research and the experience of teachers’ writing groups.
The course will be run by Dr Jenifer Smith and Simon Wrigley, authors of Introducing Teachers’ Writing Groups: exploring the theory and practice published by Routledge in 2015. They both have long experience of writing with teachers and children.
Cost: £205: en suite accommodation; good food; beautiful grounds; expert tuition. All participants will receive a study and resource pack.
To apply for a place, please click here and complete the form, giving your name, school/institution and preferred email address. It would also be helpful if you could write a little about your current writing interests and why you would like to attend the residential.