The Primary National Curriculum sets challenging expectations for the teaching of writing. Children must master the process of composition, redrafting, editing and writing final pieces.

The book: 

• Provides practical advice for the teaching of writing
• Demonstrates how to model writing for children
• Includes examples of good classroom practice of modelling writing
• Focuses on writing in different aspects of the curriculum
• Provides guidance, case studies and theoretical perspectives to show readers how they can become writers with and for children

The updated second edition includes:

• Ideas for discussion in a seminar/staff meeting/CPD event
• A new chapter enabling teachers to support children to bring their own cultures and ethnicities into their writing