First Story Young Writers Programme, Writer Survey

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About You

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About you

Thank you for taking part in this short survey.

First Story would like you to complete the survey so we can understand more about the outcomes of our programmes for the young people, teachers and schools we work with.

The survey should take 10 to 15 minutes to complete. Do get in touch if you have any questions or comments about the survey or our programmes.

Many thanks for your time,

First Story

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For any other queries, please contact: Beth Goddard, Head of Programmes at beth.goddard@firststory.org.uk

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Student Confidence

We would like to know your thoughts about how much taking part in the Young Writers Programme has improved the confidence of the young writers you have worked with. Please select how strongly you agree or disagree with the following statements.

Taking part in the Young Writers Programme has helped the students to:

Feel more confident about sharing ideas through writing

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Keep going when they find a task difficult

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Talk about their own culture, background and ideas with others

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Share and talk about their own work with others

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Make time to write and try to keep improving

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If you would like to, please share an example of how the Young Writers Programme has helped a/the student(s) feel more confident in the box below:

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How much did taking part in First Story help the young writers you have worked with to be more creative? Please select how strongly you agree or disagree with the following statements.

Taking part in the Young Writers Programme has helped the students to:

Enjoy and/or appreciate the process of writing

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Come up with their own creative ideas and be able to develop them

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Work well with others to produce something new (eg. group work or constructing the anthology)

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Use ideas provided by others to develop their own writing

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Understand more about what the career of a writer is like

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Getting better at writing

We would like to know your thoughts about how much the young writers you have worked with were able to improve their writing craft by taking part in the Young Writers Programme. Please tick to show how strongly you agree or disagree with the following statements.

Taking part in the Young Writers Programme has helped the students to:

Plan how to communicate ideas in writing more effectively

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Know more about writing techniques and how to use them

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Understand how to edit, review and reflect on their work

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Make informed choices about how best to express their ideas by experimenting with language and form

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Take feedback from others and use it to make decisions about next steps in their writing

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If you would like to, please tell us about a workshop, activity or piece of writing which you think shows an improvement in students’ writing craft in the box below:

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First Story and the Young Writers Programme

Please select how strongly you agree or disagree with the following statement:

I would recommend taking part in a First Story programme to other writers *

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Please explain what you enjoyed about taking part in First Story:

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Please explain one thing about First Story programmes that you think could be improved:

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What impact has working with First Story your own writing practice and career?

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Is there anything else you would like to tell us about your experience taking part in a First Story programme? You can write about it in the box below:

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First Story may share survey responses on our website or on social media. Please tick if you give consent for us to share your responses

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First Story may wish to collect further feedback from writers who have been involved in the Young Writers Programme. Would you be happy to be contacted for a follow up call? If yes, please provide your email address

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Many thanks for completing this survey and helping First Story to evaluate the impact our programmes have for young people.

If you have any further comments to make, or feedback on the survey itself, please contact a member of the First Story team or email Beth Goddard, Head of Programmes at beth.goddard@firststory.org.uk.

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