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The 2021 Mini-Writing Festival ignites student writing!
A live interactive mini-writing event for schools
The Mini-Writing Festival includes 15 live workshops linked to
CBCA Book Week theme, Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds.
Live author workshops, each models writing skills
All Writing Types
Writing Modelled
Deborah Abela: shares how she develops characters. Mini-Writing Festival 2020.
15 Author Workshops
2020 Highlights
The largest live festival in 2020
- 35,000 students participated
- Foundation to Year 8
- Every state in Australia involved
Need some time? We can hold a spot for your school for 3 days. Please send me a quote
Calendar
Program Pricing
Includes:
- Access to all 15 workshops
- Teacher program resources
- Access to videos + resources post the event
- Every session an illustrator draws as the author shares
- Students can submit questions to authors
Standard
Part and Whole School
$10.00 per student
AUD excluding GST
Minimum of 1 classroom
Minimum 10 students per classroom
Early Bird
Part School
$5.00 per student
AUD excluding GST
Minimum of 1 classroom
Minimum 10 students per classroom
Early Bird
Whole School
$4.00 per student
AUD excluding GST
Minimum of 1 classroom
Minimum 10 students per classroom
To receive the Early Bird price, sign up must be completed by 1 April 2020
Need some time? We can hold a spot for your school for 3 days. Please send me a quote
The Littlescribe Festival took our children to the next level with their writing. There were so many ideas for both students and teachers to be upskilled in their writing. A fantastic experience.
Rhonda Creasy – Teacher Librarian. Wallsend Public School NSW
Author, Katrina McKelvey watched live by Wallsend Public School.
Can’t attend the live school event?
Use the on demand Mini-Writing Festival Resource Kit for schools
Release Date: 10th August 2021
Need some time? We can hold a spot for your school for 3 days. Please send me a quote
What's included
- The recorded workshops are available until 1 September 2021.
- Key micro videos from each workshop until end of Term 4, 2021.
- 150 lesson plans, writing activities and resources.
- Access and assign related writing activities to students.
What your students can do
- Explore New Worlds, Old Worlds, Other Worlds, in every session in the lead up to Book Week.
- Write and add their work to The Story Starter Wall.
- Complete assigned writing activities at school or remotely.
Can students access the resources from the classroom or home? Yes. Each child has an account and can remotely access resources.
A Littlescribe thank you to our partners
2021 Theme New Worlds, Old Worlds, Other worlds
On Butterfly Wings, Educator Community.
How a live Mini-Writing session works
Every session an illustrator joins, drawing as the author shares, while the literacy experts guide and direct the lesson and writing activities.
Inspire
Connect with your favourite Aussie authors
- Brainstorm ideas and write in the workshop with authors.
- Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds, CBCA Book Week theme is explored in every session.
- Connect the whole school and with schools across Australia.
Create
Write a page of work every session
- Bring paper, pens and pencils.
- Explore a new writing skill every session.
- Explore literacy outcomes; create characters, build scenes, devise mind maps, and design a book cover.
Share
Add your work to the Story Starter Wall
- A chance for students to celebrate, share and connect.
- Littlescribe authors’ and students’ work celebrated together.
- Share with the country.
Homeschool Mini-Writing Festival Resource Kit
Release Date: 10th August 2021
AUD excluding GST
Maximum 6 student licences per Homeschooling Kit.
What's included
- The recorded workshops are available until 1 September 2021.
- Key micro videos from each workshop until end of Term 4 2021.
- 150 lesson plans, writing activities and resources.
- Access and assign related writing activities to students.
What your students can do
- Explore New World, Old World, Other Worlds, in every session in the lead up to Book Week.
- Write and add their work to the story starter wall.
- Complete assigned writing activities at school or remotely.
Why can’t homeschooled children participate in the live event? This is a school event only. Due to the management of privacy and security only schools can join the live event.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Click on the Register button, enter your details and provide payment information for the number of students to be involved.
Registrations will close on 23rd July, or when the festival registration numbers have reached capacity.
There will be downloadable lesson resources for each session with pre and post-workshop activities.
After the live event you will get access to the recorded workshop and series of 3 to 5 min videos focused on key points from the workshop to reinforce and reuse over term 3 and 4.
Whole School: $4.00 per student
Part School: $5.00 per student.
Deadline is 1 April 2021. The standard rate of $10.00 per child then applies.
AUD + GST applies to pricing
Yes, you can choose which sessions to attend.
Yes. Register before 1 April 2021 and it is $4.00 per student.
Yes. Register before 1 April 2021 and it is $5.00 per student for part schools.
Links will be made available in the platform to Zoom and YouTube.
We will send reminder emails.
The sessions will be interactive so each student should bring pens, pencils, paper white boards and imagination!
You can email questions to the authors to [email protected]. Make sure you include student/class name and school.
A digital wall of students’ work, inspired by each session, to read, celebrate and use as a starter for your next story. Access the Story Starter wall.
The student’s piece of work, the student’s first name only and the person they would like to read their writing.
Work is submitted by the teacher and reviewed by Littlescribe before making it live.
No, it is an opt-in activity.
No. This is a school event only and not open to the public.
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