Why children need to write for pleasure now more than ever - Ellen Counter

Ellen will discuss some of the writing for pleasure approaches that she has implemented in her own teaching practice, since taking part in the ‘Teachers as Writers’ project with Teresa Cremin in Newham (2010), up to the present day within her role as English adviser. Practical strategies will be discussed, along with evidence from teachers and children she has worked with for the past 14 years.

Ellen Counter is a Senior Primary English Teaching & Learning Adviser at HFL Education (formerly Herts for Learning) and has an MA in Children’s Literature. She has taught in three different London boroughs since 2007 and now enjoys working with colleagues in Hertfordshire schools and beyond.

Host or Publisher National Association of Advisers in English