Educationalist - KS2 email writing and home tuition
I am a former Head Teacher whose school won the Queen's Bronze Environmental Award. The school was also the first one ever to stage a science exhibition manned by young children at the annual Royal Society meeting in London. I had to retire due to ill health and I am now somewhat disabled.
I still teach - to a limited extent - at home with children of all ages, covering English, Maths and Science to GCSE in particular, as well as the Humanities. I have additional, special qualifications in the teaching of Reading/English/Science. Unfortunately I rarely have any vacancies as almost all the children come through parental recommendation. I do have the child safety declaration certificate.
Email Writing Scheme
Via email, I write with children in Primary Schools (Y3-6) entirely by email. I respond to the type of writing which the school wants.
Basically, I write Parts 1, 3 and 5 of a piece of fiction or non-fiction. The children respond with parts 2 and 4 to end up with a good piece of writing which they have steered and part-written. There are several variations on the technique which can be tailored as schools wish but email traffic is always to the teacher and never directly to a child. The benefits to the children are enormous. Price £120.
The writing is especially beneficial for children on the brink of doing KS2 SATS. Some schools go on to publish the material as a book for use within school.
Read an example from one of the email stories, from New King's School, Fulham
Some of the comments I've had from schools are:
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"The project initiated great enthusiasm. The children felt they were leading the story with their own ideas. I think it has improved their ability to work one with another and has led them to want to develop their story writing skills." (All Saints CE Primary, Hammersmith) |
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"A big thanks - the stories are great and the children are delighted with the outcome" (Annie Holgate PS, Notts) |
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"Thank you very much Bob for writing this story with us. The children have thoroughly enjoyed it and have got a lot out of it." (Sir John Lillie PS, Fulham) |
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"It has inspired the children's story writing." (New Kings School, Fulham) |
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