Being up Front with Fronter Fronter and Literacy Maria Richards & Annie Fisher Somerset Literacy Consultants

Focus for Fronter Somerset Exemplified Units Collaborative working, independence and choice Supporting training – Talk for Writing Cross curricular units and literacy

Somerset Exemplified Units Fronter functionality Specific Fronter tools: –Fronter shared document –Fronter forums: –Fronter stickies –Fronter pages –Individual folders for pupils within Fronter classroom

Somerset Exemplified Units Y5 NF U1 Instructions - GoGivers

Somerset Exemplified Units Exploit opportunities to use Fronter tools through a unit All units in Fronter: Primary Literacy Room Cherry pick resources to produce custom rooms for teaching/activities

Fronter Projects: G&T Room: The Writing Workshop KS2 Pilot project – ‘Writers’ Workshop’ Meeting the needs of more able writers Peer conferencing across schools 8 schools – 4 pupils from Y5/Y6 ASTs Four week project – narrative Very well received – pupils and teachers KS2 writer’s workshop available to all schools

Talk for Writing Room: The Hatman and the Monkeys Storytelling and Story Making Year 2/Year 3 The Hatman and the Monkeys Imitate Innovate Invent

Talk for Writing Room: Poetry Room KS2 Poetry Year 4 – exploring form Imitate, Innovate, Invent

Cross curricular links A Sense of Place: Bridgwater Settlements My Place Fieldwork Digital Mediascape

Contacts: Annie Fisher Maria Richards Julia Briggs Amy Blackmore