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The 5 Pillars of Effective Writing Instruction - Part 5
Pillar 5: The Writing Cycle The Teacher's Toolkit for Literacy Podcast — 2026 Series When two experienced Year 6 teachers from Western Australia sat down to reflect on how their students approached writing, they noticed something uncomfortable: most children believed that writing was a one-way journey. Plan, draft, fix a...
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The 5 Pillars of Effective Writing Instruction - Part 4
Pillar 3: Mastery Through High-Impact Writing Instruction The Teacher's Toolkit for Literacy Podcast — 2026 Series When teachers De and Danielle sit down to plan their Year 5/6 writing programme, they are not simply thinking about what to teach. They are thinking about how to take every student further —...
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The 5 Pillars of Effective Writing Instruction - Part 3
Pillar 3: Independence in Learning The Teacher's Toolkit for Literacy Podcast — 2026 Series There is a widespread assumption in education that structure and creativity pull against each other — that the more you scaffold a student's writing, the less room there is for genuine expression. Episode 153 of Teacher's...
