Name: Get Hounslow Writing
Start: 2026-01-28T13:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-01-28T15:00:00+00:00
Location: Online

A Writing for Pleasure Project for HEP Primary Schools in partnership with St Mary's University, Twickenham

Aimed at KS1 and KS2 teachers.

The project

This three-year project is aimed at growing a team of expert, engaged teachers to develop the ‘will’ to be a writer.

The programme will be run by senior lecturers from St Mary's University, Twickenham:

Finola Utton and Jo Head (KS1)
Kerry Assemakis and Karen Fox (KS2)

More information

Dates

Sessions will take place online, via Zoom, on Wednesdays, 1-3pm:

19th November 2025
28th January 2026
4th March 2026
29th April 2026
10th June 2026

Please note – you will be asked to complete a series of questions to review your practice as part of your booking.

Designed by the St Mary's team, this self-review will help you reflect on your current personal identity as a writer. Research shows that teachers who write, teach writing best. Being a teacher writer is crucial to the development of young writers, fostering a writing for pleasure ethos, and is a core professional responsibility.

Your contact n.standing@hounsloweducationpartnership.co.uk

Details

Date:: 28th January 2026
Time:: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Event Category:: Get Hounslow Writing

Venue

Online

What our members say

Ofsted Inspection Training – "Four days well spent! Supporting the development of our school under the guidance of a skilled trainer with a wealth of experience across the primary range was invaluable."

Primary Subject Networks – "The content in the sessions covers all aspects of high quality practice in Maths and it makes me reflective on my practice in class and how I lead and help develop other teachers."

Primary Subject Networks – "Meeting other subject leaders and sharing, makes me feel better about what we are delivering and that we are on the right track."

Develop your A level Teaching – "It was really nice to be able to talk to other A level German teachers as there aren’t very many and we could share our experiences."

Contingent Talk with Books – "Such a worthwhile project for Early Years, which you can see working right in front of your eyes. Well-planned and organised project, fantastic expert who inspires us all."

Get Hounslow Reading – "The biggest impact has been on our teachers’ enthusiasm for reading/books and their knowledge of high quality texts, finding innovative ways to engage readers through displays, book talk and story time."

Secondary Subject Networks – "There are so many useful takeaways from the meeting to help improve teaching and learning and they are things which can easily be put into place after the meeting."

Get Hounslow Reading – “There can be no doubt of the enthusiasm of Hounslow teachers and impact of their hard work on growing a Reading for Pleasure practice in their schools over this academic year. Many teachers said that the time to talk and share practice was what they valued most highly.” Charlotte Raby – Programme Facilitator

Secondary Subject Networks – “I really enjoy the content and the supportive group of fellow geography leaders discussing ideas in a non-judgmental, relatively informal way. The group certainly helps each other and fundamentally discusses relevant topics which are benefiting me.”

Get Hounslow Reading – "Very informative and helpful. A lovely chance to reflect. Excellent, enthusiastic delivery which would inspire anyone! You are very knowledgeable and sessions are well-organised. Thank you!”

Challenging Behaviour Training – “Great training, thank you for all your expertise and advice. I learnt lots of things about different ways that can affect pupils’ behaviour and how to deal with different situations."

Deep Dive Subject Leader Training – “Thank you for the very detailed and thorough subject leader checklist. It is an extremely useful and much necessary exercise. It's been an eye opener. Thank you”

Develop your A Level Teaching – “A much appreciated forum to apply pedagogy to a subject specific domain, with such rich professional talk after the keynotes in the Economics breakout session.”

Get Hounslow Writing

Wed 28 Jan 2026 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm