History, fantasy and adventure

St Philip’s CE Primary School, Cambridgeshire

• Reception pupils explored the theme of pirates, writing messages in bottles and making treasure maps
• Years 1 and 2 enjoyed reading George and the Dragon, by Chris Wormell, and wrote letters to the queen, wrote diary entries as the character of George, and made their own castles
• Years 3 and 4 explored the theme of Egyptians, making life-sized mummies of themselves, covered in words to describe themselves
• Years 5 and 6 worked firmly in the present, looking at Banksy’s graffiti art and its use of language, and creating their own work for the school’s graffiti wall
• A display of parents’ writing, with each parent completing the sentence ‘I am proud of my child because…’

Our ambitions for the future

St Michaels C of E Primary School, Bolton

• Each class took part, from Nursery to Year 6.  Children took part in different writing activities throughout the day, building up to a piece of writing about what they want to be in the future.
• Nursery pupils painted huge pictures of themselves in the future
• Year 6 wrote letters of application for the job they aspire to in the future.
• The day culminated with an assembly and a whole school display of the children’s work. Staff and children thoroughly enjoyed the day which was reflected in high standard of work produced by each class.
• Parents had the opportunity to share in their children’s aspirations the following week at parents’ evening.

Everybody Writes Everywhere

St John’s Primary School, Weymouth, Dorset

• The whole school was involved with different writing activities for a day, from writing on the playground with giant chalks to writing up interviews with all of the office staff and the headteacher

WWII-themed Everybody Writes Day

Bovington Middle School, Dorset

• Teachers dressing up in 1940s period costume and a there was a real tank in the school playground.
• Children took part in a variety of writing activities linked to the theme of WWII and the school documented the day in pictures and film.

Pirates!

Broadfield Primary School, Hemel Hempstead
The school enjoyed a pirate-themed Everybody Writes week which included:

• Exploring a pirates’ cave to find inspiration for writing
• Writing online comic strips about pirates
• Working with visiting authors and poets
• Visiting a local paper mill to see how the paper we write on is made
• A family writing workshop

Reporting on the discovery of giant eggs

Portishead Primary School, Somerset

• Pupils investigated the discovery of giant eggs in the playground and wrote newspaper reports on the find
• See the photos here