Children take part in Global Literacy Initiative
Children at Marine Academy Primary in Plymouth became published authors this week, as their school participated in global literacy initiative, Pobble.com.
Pobble’s mission is to create a more literate world, by giving teachers a means to inspire young writers and providing children with a global audience for their work. By showcasing school work on a worldwide classroom wall, Pobble.com is boosting imaginations and giving children a real purpose to write and be creative.
Pobble.com is already being used in more than 100 countries and has been endorsed by school leaders and politicians, and celebrated by children’s authors like Anthony Horowitz, author of ‘Stormbreaker’ and Michael Morpurgo, author of ‘War Horse’. Evidence shows Pobble helps to accelerate progress in literacy by up to two times the expected rate and gives teachers free access to tens of thousands of examples of written work to inspire their lessons. It also gives teachers a platform to share planning and ideas and enables them to share great work beyond the confines of the classroom.
Children and teachers at the ‘Outstanding’ rated Marine Academy Primary – led by Head Teacher Siobhan Easton - hosted their own Pobble Day, when members of Pobble’s literacy team joined staff for a fun packed day of creative writing, before teachers pressed the button to share the children’s work with the world.
Pobble.com has already created some magical tales… from the beautiful love story by a boy from Afghanistan that has been viewed more than 9000 times; to the case of the shy and dyslexic six-year-old Fred who used to get nervous whenever reading and writing was involved, but was jumping for joy when he won a Pobble winter writing competition and received some lovely comments about his work. The education platform is sparking a passion for literacy around the world and at Marine Academy Primary it is no different.
Speaking at their Pobble Day, Year 4 Teacher Liam Gallagher said: “The children were immediately inspired to write their short stories. The enthusiasm and encouragement from the teacher helped the children unlock and use many skills which are vital for creating exciting stories!”
Year 4 pupil Chloe said: “I really like use similies to make my descriptions more exciting and cool. It was so much fun!”
Year 4 pupil Dalton added: “I didn’t think I would write a story like this but now I can, I will write lots at home.”
Pobble Co-Founder and CEO Jon Smith said: “From the first pieces of work that were shared by a class, to the new stories being added every few minutes from around the world, the impact on children and teachers is the same.
“For children, they are getting that awesome piece of work they’ve just carefully written published and shared with the world, which could not be more exciting. And for teachers, we’re building a global library of ideas, content and resource. Pobble is on a global literacy mission and like some of the very cool stories on the platform about astronauts – this is really capturing imaginations and taking off.”
You can find out all about Pobble by visiting www.pobble.com
