ABSTRACT
The school environs are an obvious place for location writing and if there are school grounds it makes sense to develop them as a learning resource. A writers’ trail can be set up and ideally this should have eight or ten stopping points where children can be stimulated to write in a variety of genres. Each point on the trail should then have a range of activities to suit children of different ages and abilities. Some of the ideas for writing will come from the children themselves: initially a small group of older children can act as trail coordinators, making suggestions as to where the stopping points should be located and the kind of writing that might be pursued there.
