Enhancing children's writing / Virginia Bower -- An exploration of traditional tales / Caroline Tancock -- Writing from experience / Justine Earl -- Playground games as a foundation for literacy lessons / Sue Hammond and Karen Vincent -- Using poetic form: an approach to poetry writing in the primary classroom / Susan Barrett and Virginia Bower -- Poetry is slamming: different ways to perform poetry in primary schools / Andrew Lambirth -- Inspiring and enthusing children as readers and writers of non-fiction / Michael Green -- Lights, camera, action ... take 9! / Tracy Parvin -- Enhancing children's language acquisition and development through non-fiction / Virginia Bower.