Professional learning day for Swansea school staff on how early writing develops from talk, play and drawing to purposeful writing.
The Drawing Club and Foundations of Early Writing is running at the Village Hotel Swansea on Tuesday 2 February 2027, a full-day session for Swansea school employees. It's a professional learning day that runs from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm, so you'll need to clear your whole Tuesday for it.
The day is built around the Drawing Club approach, which looks at how early writing actually develops. The idea is that writing doesn't just appear out of nowhere; it grows from talk, play and drawing, which then lead into mark-making and, eventually, purposeful writing. The session is designed to help practitioners understand that progression, so you can see where a child is coming from and where they're headed.
From there, it's about the practical side of the classroom. The aim is to equip you to create literacy experiences that are rich, authentic and developmentally appropriate—the kind of work that strengthens a child's imagination, oral language and independence rather than just ticking a box. It's a day for anyone working with the earliest writers, so you'll be spending the hours thinking about how to set up a space that lets children find their own way into writing.
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The session is run in person by Curriculum Learning and Teaching, and it's open to Swansea school employees only. It runs from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm at the Village Hotel Swansea, off Fabian Way (SA1 8QY), so you'll be in for a full six hours of it.
