Some quick ideas from across the country…
Primary
St Bega’s School, Eskdale, Cumbria
Children produce a visitor’s guide to Eskdale, incorporating writing about local history for real audiences.
Lantern Lane Primary School, Loughborough
The children investigate and write about the arrival of a mysterious giant egg at the school.
Shirley Warren Primary School, Southampton
Aliens take over the school’s radio station and children carry out a variety of writing tasks in order to free the DJ! Listen to this school’s Everybody Writes Day podcast here
Holy Family CE Primary School, Southampton
Children covertly steal a flag from another year group and cut out words and letters from newspapers to create sinister ransom notes for their rivals.
Bitterne Park Primary School, Southampton
Children create a school book to capture the history of the school, incorporating their own stories and those of their families and neighbours.
Redbridge Primary School, Southampton
Pupils dress up as wizards and fairies and write rhyming magic spells, create wands with written wishes emanating from their tips, and use words to create their own magical creatures and pets.
Secondary
Quilley School of Engineering, Southampton
Students collaborate to write their own yearbook description of themselves which is published and distributed to a real audience of their peers.
Costello Technology College, Basingstoke
Students write and produce a book to celebrate the school’s centenary.
Sholing Technology College, Southampton
Students enjoy “Writing all around”: writing out of the classroom, which includes writing everywhere - school grounds, walls, floors, ceilings, and also experiment with using mobile phones and writing poetry in other languages.

