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Using the Creative Arts to improve Primary Writing

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Using the Creative Arts to improve Primary Writing

Created By Sally Betteridge
Last Updated April 18th, 2025

Programme Overview

Topic

A Practical Course Exploring What is Meant by Wellbeing, What Contributes to Wellbeing, the Importance of Wellbeing for Learning and how to Embed Routines in the Classroom for an Everyday Focus on Wellbeing for Students and Educators

Delivery Model

Face to Face sessions

What’s Included

Certificate of attendance

Course material (if applicable)

Lunch and refreshments

Cost

AED 1320 plus 5% VAT per delegate

Registration

Please fill out the booking form to register.

If you would like bespoke in-school training, please contact Paola (paola@infinitelearning.ae) for more information.

Target audience

Primary Teachers, English and subject Leads, Senior Leaders, Curriculum Leads.

Aims of the course

To explore how the creative arts can be used to enhance engagement, imagination, and expression in primary writing.
To develop teachers’ confidence in using art, drama, music, and movement as effective tools to inspire and support writing across genres.
To provide a range of practical, classroom-ready strategies that link creative activities with writing outcomes.
To demonstrate how creative approaches can support vocabulary development, sentence construction, and narrative structure.
To encourage the creation of a classroom culture where writing is joyful, inclusive, and meaningful for all learners

Intended outcomes

By the end of this course, educators will:

Understand how the creative arts can enhance engagement, motivation, and outcomes in writing
Have a toolkit of strategies using art, drama, music, and movement to inspire writing across the curriculum
Feel confident in using creative approaches to support vocabulary development, sentence structure, and imaginative thinking
Be equipped with practical planning ideas and activity sequences that link the arts with different writing genres
Feel inspired to create a writing classroom that celebrates creativity, expression, and student voice

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Sally Betteridge

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Sally Betteridge has dedicated 23 years to the field of education, beginning her journey with teacher training at Cambridge University, specialising in Primary and Middle school English She started her teaching career as an Upper Key Stage 2 teacher in Nottinghamshire, UK. After four years, Sally became a Lead Teacher for Primary English and Thinking through Philosophy, working across Nottinghamshire schools as a Teaching and Learning Coach and CPD leader for whole school staff. She later advanced to the role of Lead Teacher Consultant in Nottingham City, supporting primary schools to improve English teaching. In this role, she led CPD sessions, team-taught lessons, created planning materials, and developed whole-school curricula that resulted in excellent school improvement outcomes. Sally then transitioned to higher education, becoming an Assistant Professor of Primary Education at the University of Nottingham. There, she led the Teach First program and lectured on the School Direct courses. She co-wrote and led a new forward thinking Primary PGCE program at the university, awarded outstanding by OFSTED, and is now the lead Primary PGCE in the United Kingdom. She also lectured English across various programs. She also lectured on the international PGCE in the UAE. Holding a master’s degree in Creativity, Arts, Literacies, and Learning from the University of Nottingham, Sally has contributed to research on creative curriculum change, Primary English, and thinking skills. She also participated in the Reading for Pleasure research project at the Open University. She is a trained practitioner for the BFI Institute, promoting the use of short films in primary teaching, She has taught and led English In Primary schools in the UAE for the last 5 years in 2 Emirates, Ras Al Khaimah and a Grade 4 teacher at North London Collegiate School. She has also lectured on the Primary PGCE at The University of Birmingham. In addition to her extensive background in primary education, Sally is passionate about mental health and well-being and a certified Youth Mental Health First Aider. She holds 2 certificates for the wellbeing Educator level 1 course and the advanced course. She is also a trained Reiki practitioner. Currently, Sally teaches the NPQ programs for Leading Teaching and Leading Literacy, continuing her commitment to improving education and supporting both students and educators.

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This full-day course is designed to inspire and equip educators with creative, engaging approaches to improve writing outcomes in the primary classroom. Rooted in the belief that writing flourishes when children are motivated, emotionally connected, and imaginatively engaged, the course explores how art, drama, music, and movement can be powerful tools to spark ideas, deepen understanding, and develop vocabulary and sentence craft.

Educators will experience practical, hands-on activities and explore real classroom examples of how creative arts can elevate writing across genres. We’ll also look at how creative approaches can support reluctant writers, build confidence, and create inclusive, joyful learning environments.

DAY 1
8:45	Registration and refreshments
9:00	Introductions and setting intentions for the day The power of the arts in unlocking creativity and confidence in young writers Exploring the barriers to writing and how creative approaches can help DRAMA TECHNIQUES – using drama to generate ideas and motivation for writing
10:30	Coffee break
11:00	ART – Using art and movement to create ideas to turn in to writing
13:00	Lunch break
14:00	Music – Using sound and music to create mood and enhance sensory and emotional writing Creating soundscapes Using rhythm and music for sentence construction Reflections and next steps: How to plan some of the techniques explored into future sequences of learning.
15:30	End