Your vibrant literacy classroom starts here
Get a proven plan to ditch the overwhelm,
enjoy confident teaching and help students flourish.
Seven Steps to Writing Success empowers educators to engage every
student in writing and provide the vital literacy skills they need to thrive.
Our simple, research-based approach to teaching writing will help you foster a culture of
engagement in your classroom and get results fast.
Some of our teachers have said they haven't felt this excited about teaching writing for such a long time. I've been teaching for 29 years and it's the most exciting program I've worked with - my class loves it."
So what makes Seven Steps so effective?
We break writing down.
Teaching and learning writing can be challenging. But it doesn’t have to be.
Seven Steps makes writing so much easier by breaking it down into manageable Steps. Students build confidence practising each writing technique in isolation using fun, collaborative activities.
After mastering the individual Steps, students learn how to put them together to write complete texts, becoming independent, creative writers.
We make it explicit.
Seven Steps explicitly teaches the skills that professional authors use. These building blocks to great writing help students:
- come up with unique and cohesive ideas
- plan and structure an engaging text
- hook the reader from the first sentence
- bring writing to life with dialogue and descriptive language
- hold the readers’ interest and end with impact.
Swipe through each of the Steps to learn how they lay the foundations of engaging writing in any text type.
As an EAL/D teacher, Seven Steps really supports our pedagogy. They understand the importance of quality teaching, explicit modelling and oral interaction!
~ Renata Ninevski, Jesmond Public School
We are research-based.
The principles that underpin the Seven Steps are based on best-practice pedagogy, aligned with the Science of Learning and supported by years of educational research. We call them the five ‘secrets’:
- Chunk large tasks
- Repetition builds muscle memory
- Think first, write second
- Verbal is vital
- Consistency creates change.
Learn more about our evidence-based approach >>
See how Seven Steps aligns with the Science of Learning >>
I’m amazed that one program can cater to such a diversity of needs, ages and learners, while targeting the same learning outcomes. Breaking writing tasks into chunks and repeating them often really works!
~ Rebecca Drozdoff, Southern Vales Christian College
We are curriculum-agnostic.
Seven Steps is rooted in authorial writing techniques – such as planning, drafting, and engaging an audience – which means the program complements any curriculum.
While it is not tied to a specific set of standards, its core principles align with many educational frameworks worldwide.
Educators often ask how Seven Steps addresses the requirements of their curriculum, so we’ve outlined those alignments in this blog.
"It makes such a difference to children's progress very quickly."
Hear from Vanessa Blythe, a principal who has implemented Seven Steps in multiple schools, as she shares why she’s found the program so powerful.
Seven Steps is right for you if …
- you’re looking to teach writing with simple strategies that get results.
- your teachers are sick of feeling overwhelmed, unfulfilled and burnt out.
- you’ve tried building a vibrant writing culture but struggled due to competing demands.
- you want to create a space where ideas and creativity thrive.
- you’re a passionate literacy leader who wants to grow your team’s teaching practice.
- you need a writing program that also improves reading comprehension and oral communication skills.
- you’re ready to try something new and want to be inspired!
The award-winning Seven Steps program is consistently recognised for its impact and support for teachers:
Your Seven Steps pathway
Sign up to unlock your school’s clear plan to teaching writing. You’ll boost teacher confidence and create a love of writing school wide.
1. Become a Seven Steps member
Give every teacher at your school access to Teacher Hub, the online home of Seven Steps.
2. Follow the Step-by-Step guides
There’s an implementation plan for each text type. Simply follow it Step-by-Step.
3. Learn the theory
Learn the Seven Steps approach in short on-demand training videos.
4. Put it into practice
Use the carefully sequenced, ready-to-go teaching resources to roll it out in your class!
