Adam Bushnell & David Waugh 
Inviting Writing 
Teaching and Learning Writing Across the Primary Curriculum

With recent research findings by The National Literacy Trust indicating that 1 in 2 children enjoy writing, should primary school teachers be using it more? There are opportunities for teaching and learning 
writing in all subjects and all lessons.



Inviting Writing supports you to 
find these opportunities and to 
plan, assess and develop children’s writing for a range of purposes in a range of styles. Chapters cover every curriculum subject and explore the unique writing opportunities for each one. It helps you to focus on teaching the 
skills of composition and on 
taking writing forward. Examples of good practice are included throughout, alongside suggestions for teaching activities. This book also outlines the many ways in which children′s writing can be 
evidenced and encourages you to reconsider the ways in which 
children′s progress in writing can be tracked and captured.


This is a practical guide to teaching writing across the curriculum.  

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction

Stimulating non-fiction writing across the curriculum

Digital writing – writing in IT

Writing in English

Writing in mathematics

Writing in design technology and food technology

Writing in science

Writing in science 2

Writing in MFL

Writing in history

Writing and music

Writing and physical education

Writing in RE

Writing in geography

Writing in Art

Writing and PSHE

Om författaren

David Waugh is a former deputy headteacher who worked in ITT from 1990 at the University of Hull, where he led the PGCE course and became Head of Department. In 2008 he was appointed as one of two (the other being Wendy) National Strategies Regional Advisers for ITT. He is currently lectures at Durham University. He has published extensively in primary English, as well as developing e-learning resources for National Strategies for English, mathematics and mentoring and coaching. David also writes children’s stories, including The Wishroom, which was written with 45 children from 15 East Durham primary schools and published in 2017.