A primary school in Oxford has devised storytelling hopscotch
patches as a way of helping KS1 and KS2 pupils' writing skills.
As part of the Talk to Write initiative, Oxford's Storytelling
Museum has come up with a unique way of encouraging pupils at
Pegasus Primary School to relate fairytales, using hopscotch in
the playground. Situated in a deprived area of Oxford, seven
fairytales on different flagstones have an inspiring effect on
pupils to retell and then, in pairs, write down the fairytales
they land on. Headteacher, Gill Hudson, believes the game to
very popular and explains how it has helped raise standards in
creative writing significantly. Judy Clark, the talk advisor
from the National Literacy Trust, discusses the importance of
talking prior to writing. A lively explanation of Pie Corbett's
techniques of Hear, Map, Step and Speak Introducing the work of
the Story Museum in Oxford A useful guide to good strategies to
use when following the talk to write initiative launched in 2008