No Pens Day Wednesday - The Communication Trust

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All about No Pens Day Wednesday
No Pens Day
Wednesday
28 September
2011
No Pens Day Wednesday is a
national speaking and listening
event from the Hello campaign,
encouraging schools to organise
a day where learning and
assessment takes place through
speaking and listening activities,
rather than writing.
Ofsted are increasingly highlighting
the importance of speaking and
listening for good teaching and
attainment and as a common
denominator in the most
successful schools...
No Pens Day Wednesday
is being organised by The
Communication Trust as part of
the Hello campaign, the national
year of communication. The
initiative is backed by Jean Gross,
Communication Champion, and
has strong support from curriculum
experts including Sir Jim Rose,
Andrew Pollard and Mick Waters.
The aim of the day is to see a
positive impact on all pupils and
enable speaking and listening to
be used as a vehicle for learning
across the curriculum.
Just a note... If Wednesday 28
September doesn’t work for your
school, you can run your No Pens
Day Wednesday at another time
that suits.
‘A common feature of the most
successful schools in the survey
was the attention they gave to
developing speaking and listening’
Ofsted Removing Barriers to
Literacy, 2010
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