Online Training Available Now

We are excited to share our Write Dance online training. This is an introductory training to get staff started with the materials in your schools and settings. This is suitable for INSET and staff meetings, duration is approximately 75 mins to include demonstration...

SAGE Website Education hub free access

We are excited that the Write Dance books are now published with online resources. You can preview the video clips and the music on SAGE publishing Education hub. See link below https://resources.corwin.com/freewritedance We have also created a free handout which we...

Write Dance Free Resource for use at home

Hello everyone, we hope you are keeping safe and well. Diana has been busy and created a  lovely resource for parents to use at home or for nurseries and playgroups. Using the  current theme of rainbows and linking it with music movement and mark making it's a great...

Action Research to share

We are delighted to be able to share some  action research from Vicky Gentle a dance and drama teacher who has been using Write Dance with nursery and reception children.  The research is  "How can I use movement,drama and music as a means to help children to acquire...

Planning new Write Dance training with Ragnhild

We had a lovely meeting with Ragnhild (the author of Write Dance) this Summer. We discussed the new book (now available on our website) and changes to our training and shared many success stories. We are really excited that our evidence gathering project is now...

News Update

New to Write Dance and keen to get started?  We know from the very positive feedback we receive that the training really does help participants understand the principles of Write Dance and gives confidence when using the books. If you cannot get to, or host, a...

Can you teach pencil grip?

This is a question that is frequently asked during workshops and training events. In the Write Dance approach this thorny issue of how to teach the tripod grip for comfortable and efficient handwriting is not as tricky as you might imagine. Firstly, observe closely...

Working hard

Hard at work here in Kent revising our training materials ready for the new term and having fun creating our resources for distribution via the website. More news to follow soon.

Write Dance in the snow!!

We thought you would enjoy these  lovely photos sent to us from a Nursery. Children enjoying Write Dance activities in the snow. Remember the outside are is a wonderful resource to practise and consolidate Write Dance activities. Happy New Year everyone! .     ...

Write Dance author, Ragnhild Oussoren, visits the UK

What a fantastic day we have had today, working with Ragnhild at the conference in Manchester. We are delighted that we have been able to update our own training sessions and learn more about her new ideas for Write Dance workshops. We spent the day focusing on all...

Case Study – Implementation of a Whole School Approach

A visitor to Murston Infant School observing a handwriting lesson might wonder how it is that children who are leaping and dancing around the hall to classical music can be working on their handwriting. Murston Infants is situated on the outskirts of Sittingbourne in...