Welcome to ‘The Quick-Fire Write’. These short challenges are perfect for sending home to isolated learners or carrying out in class.

Each video follows the same format of posing a topical question, watching a short video and then responding to question stimuli to write a 200 word response.

These are a perfect way to engage learners with exam style question prompts or build up focused writing stamina.

View the challenges below and choose your Key Stage specific page to sort by topic.

Choose your age range:

KS2 (7-11)

Sample challenges:

Fire Safety
Plastic Bags
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KS3 (11-14)

Sample challenges:

Freedom of Speech
Windrush
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KS4 (14-16)

Sample challenges:

Migrants: A Humanitarian Crisis
Positive Psychology
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Welsh 7-11

Sample challenges:

Amser Chwarae
Anifeiliaid Anwes
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Welsh 11-14

Sample challenges:

AirBnB
Biliwnyddion
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Welsh 14-16

Sample challenges:

Cydraddoldeb Rhywiol
Cyffuriau Perfformiad
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Quick-Fire Fiction

Sample challenges:

Son of the Circus by Emma Norry
Fire Boy by J. M. Joseph
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Become a Quick-Fire Classroom!

Enjoying the Quick-Fire Write? Take the next step and become a Quick-Fire Classroom!

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“I have used film and video in class many times before but the reason this project worked so well is that they were the storytellers, the experts. They knew that in order to do justice to the stories, they must feel real, not like the recount of a child. This became the driving force behind their truly incredible writing. ”

Adam Mitchell,
Billanook College

The research behind LitFilmFest

In a four month research study supported by the UCL Institute of Education, we worked with 200 KS2 students across three schools to measure the efficacy of our approach.

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