Ross Young
@writingrocks.bsky.social
The #WritingForPleasure Centre | Literacy Lab - University of Edinburgh | Real-World Writers | Science Of Teaching Primary Writing | How To Teach Writing | #WritingRocks
Website: writing4pleasure.com
PhD Profile: blogs.ed.ac.uk/literacylab/the-writing
Website: writing4pleasure.com
PhD Profile: blogs.ed.ac.uk/literacylab/the-writing
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Ross Young
@writingrocks.bsky.social
· Jan 8
Free writing CPD materials – covering all aspects of writing teaching
Hello and welcome to our free professional development page! Please treat this webpage like you would a professional development book. Consider each heading as a book and within each book there a n…
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Free writing CPD materials - covering all aspects of writing teaching
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Writing with some pupils in my Year One class
“We too are ‘students of writing’… above all our pupils are comforted by watching our successes and struggles…”
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“We too are ‘students of writing’… above all our pupils are comforted by watching our successes and struggles…”
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Writing with some pupils in my Year One class
Posted by Natalie Walker We too are ‘students of writing’… above all our pupils are comforted by watching our successes and struggles. download example Filed under: BE A WRITER TE…
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November 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Writing with some pupils in my Year One class
“We too are ‘students of writing’… above all our pupils are comforted by watching our successes and struggles…”
writing4pleasure.com/writing-with...
“We too are ‘students of writing’… above all our pupils are comforted by watching our successes and struggles…”
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That’s the way I work: One child’s experience of a Writing For Pleasure pedagogy
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That’s The Way I Work!: One Child’s Experience Of A Writing For Pleasure Pedagogy
My name is Samaira Islam and I am 9 years old. I have been in a Writing For Pleasure classroom for two years. It’s been exciting indeed and finding a talent that I never knew I had was awesome! Her…
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November 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
That’s the way I work: One child’s experience of a Writing For Pleasure pedagogy
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Why increasing the frequency and amount of writing time children have is important
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Why increasing the frequency and amount of writing time children have is important
Genius takes time. Many primary classrooms do not give children enough time to write. If we rush writing, we get rushed and disappointing outcomes. Our aim has to be to help children produce the be…
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November 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Why increasing the frequency and amount of writing time children have is important
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How lots of the Writing Framework was welcome news for Writing for Pleasure schools like mine. My blog for the DfE teaching.blog.gov.uk/2025/11/17/w... @writingrocks.bsky.social
How the new Writing Framework can transform primary school teaching
Sam Creighton talks about building a writing curriculum based on meaningful projects. Children learn specific writing skills while keeping the joy and pride that comes from creating their work.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How lots of the Writing Framework was welcome news for Writing for Pleasure schools like mine. My blog for the DfE teaching.blog.gov.uk/2025/11/17/w... @writingrocks.bsky.social
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#1 ‘Writing as a process’ – Donald Murray
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#1 ‘Writing as a process’ – Donald Murray
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Our subject knowledge series: What writer-teachers need to know. #1 ‘Writing as a process’ – Donald Murray
Welcome to our new blog series where BIG WRITING IDEAS ARE SIMPLY EXPLAINED! This series is dedicated to sharing key subject knowledge that can make you a better teacher of writing. Each month, we …
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November 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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#1 ‘Writing as a process’ – Donald Murray
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#1 ‘Writing as a process’ – Donald Murray
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They won’t have anything to write about: The dangers of believing children are ‘culturally deprived’
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They won’t have anything to write about: The dangers of believing children are ‘culturally deprived’
download this article Children too often see themselves as passive receivers of writing subjects and as a result become disengaged and feel disenfranchised. (Young & Ferguson 2021 p.116) …
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November 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
They won’t have anything to write about: The dangers of believing children are ‘culturally deprived’
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Joined Writing4Pleasure today as there are so many great ideas based on research that have already helped my teaching and I look forward to reading this in the future.
October 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Joined Writing4Pleasure today as there are so many great ideas based on research that have already helped my teaching and I look forward to reading this in the future.
Donald Graves’ simple truth: 'children want to write'. Our goal is to ensure that, by the time they leave school, they still do.
October 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Donald Graves’ simple truth: 'children want to write'. Our goal is to ensure that, by the time they leave school, they still do.
Already seeing some ‘unintended consequences’ from the DfE’s Writing Framework.
Remember:
✍️ Dictation isn’t writing
✍️ Children in the EYFS and KS1 can write short whole texts and focus at the sentence-level
Remember:
✍️ Dictation isn’t writing
✍️ Children in the EYFS and KS1 can write short whole texts and focus at the sentence-level
October 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Already seeing some ‘unintended consequences’ from the DfE’s Writing Framework.
Remember:
✍️ Dictation isn’t writing
✍️ Children in the EYFS and KS1 can write short whole texts and focus at the sentence-level
Remember:
✍️ Dictation isn’t writing
✍️ Children in the EYFS and KS1 can write short whole texts and focus at the sentence-level
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Debunking edu-myths: Children must master sentence-level accuracy before they can write whole texts
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Debunking edu-myths: Children must master sentence-level accuracy before they can write whole texts
The idea that children need extensive, isolated sentence practice is an edu-myth. It’s a common misconception that extensive out-of-context sentence drills will make children better writers. Extens…
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October 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Debunking edu-myths: Children must master sentence-level accuracy before they can write whole texts
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writing4pleasure.com/2025/07/04/d...
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Debunking edu-myths: “Children choosing their own writing topics gets in the way of teaching writing effectively”
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Debunking edu-myths: “Children choosing their own writing topics gets in the way of teaching writing effectively”
“Allowing inexperienced writers to choose their own topics can get in the way of teaching writing effectively.” Is there any research evidence to support this view? Or is it just another edu-myth? …
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October 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Debunking edu-myths: “Children choosing their own writing topics gets in the way of teaching writing effectively”
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Debunking edu-myths: “The best way to teach pupils to write is by teaching them to master sentences”
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Debunking edu-myths: “The best way to teach pupils to write is by teaching them to master sentences”
It’s a seductive idea: If children can master sentence construction, the rest of writing will magically and naturally fall into place. Some advocates even suggest it’s the best way to teach writing…
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October 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Debunking edu-myths: “The best way to teach pupils to write is by teaching them to master sentences”
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Motivation matters: The positive influence of parental involvement on children’s writing outcome
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October 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Motivation matters: The positive influence of parental involvement on children’s writing outcome
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Debunking edu-myths: “The best way to teach pupils to write is by teaching them to master sentences”
writing4pleasure.com/2025/07/17/d...
writing4pleasure.com/2025/07/17/d...
Debunking edu-myths: “The best way to teach pupils to write is by teaching them to master sentences”
It’s a seductive idea: If children can master sentence construction, the rest of writing will magically and naturally fall into place. Some advocates even suggest it’s the best way to teach writing…
writing4pleasure.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Debunking edu-myths: “The best way to teach pupils to write is by teaching them to master sentences”
writing4pleasure.com/2025/07/17/d...
writing4pleasure.com/2025/07/17/d...
Debunking edu-myths: “Children choosing their own writing topics gets in the way of teaching writing effectively”
writing4pleasure.com/2025/07/17/d...
writing4pleasure.com/2025/07/17/d...
Debunking edu-myths: “Children choosing their own writing topics gets in the way of teaching writing effectively”
“Allowing inexperienced writers to choose their own topics can get in the way of teaching writing effectively.” Is there any research evidence to support this view? Or is it just another edu-myth? …
writing4pleasure.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Debunking edu-myths: “Children choosing their own writing topics gets in the way of teaching writing effectively”
writing4pleasure.com/2025/07/17/d...
writing4pleasure.com/2025/07/17/d...
Debunking edu-myths: Children must master sentence-level accuracy before they can write whole texts
writing4pleasure.com/2025/07/04/d...
writing4pleasure.com/2025/07/04/d...
Debunking edu-myths: Children must master sentence-level accuracy before they can write whole texts
The idea that children need extensive, isolated sentence practice is an edu-myth. It’s a common misconception that extensive out-of-context sentence drills will make children better writers. Extens…
writing4pleasure.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Debunking edu-myths: Children must master sentence-level accuracy before they can write whole texts
writing4pleasure.com/2025/07/04/d...
writing4pleasure.com/2025/07/04/d...
Reposted by Ross Young
Reposted by Ross Young
The best piece I have read on the topic of AI use and writing pedagogy.
Just brilliant!
Just brilliant!
October 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The best piece I have read on the topic of AI use and writing pedagogy.
Just brilliant!
Just brilliant!
Reposted by Ross Young
📢 Professional development for teachers📢 Please join @writingrocks.bsky.social and I for a series of professional development sessions for UK primary school teachers and school leaders: education-sport.ed.ac.uk/improving-ch....
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📢 Professional development for teachers📢 Please join @writingrocks.bsky.social and I for a series of professional development sessions for UK primary school teachers and school leaders: education-sport.ed.ac.uk/improving-ch....
