Junior Leadership Team pupil voice
We met with our Junior Leadership Team to find out their views on writing within the school.
This was a very valuable meeting and it was lovely to hear their opinions on the teaching and learning of writing across the school. Here are some of our findings:
- On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you like writing? 10 out of 13 children gave a score of 10, 3 out of 13 children gave a score of 9.
- What sort of writing do you enjoy most? The children particularly enjoy: poems, stories, diaries, reports.
- What do you find easy about writing? The children find handwriting and coming up with ideas easy.
- What is hard about writing? The children find vocabulary and punctuation difficult.
- What do you need to do in order to improve your writing? The children shared some of their next steps/targets: extend my punctuation; use full stops; use modal verbs; use capital letters and full stops; check my spelling; join my handwriting.
- What does the teacher do that helps you write well? The following things help us write well: SPAG lessons; displays; flipcharts; washing lines; story maps; Writer's Toolkits; teacher modelling; videos/dvds; making it fun!
- What stops you from writing well? The following things stop us from writing well: people distracting us; managing our own distractions; rushing our work; not having enough room.
- Think about your best piece of writing - what made it so good? 'I enjoyed writing a story because it was fun using my imagination and thinking of ideas.' 'My presentation and handwriting made it my best piece of work.' I loved writing my Batman story because I used powerful verbs and wrote multi-clause sentences.'
Take a look at some pictures from our meeting below.
Mrs Williamson and Miss Fisher