| Year | Longer writing task | genre and context | Shorter writing task | genre and context |
| 2009 | Trainer Try-out | report | A Busy Place | Description |
| 2008 | R2C2 | R2C3 | R2C4 | R2C5 |
| 2007 | R2C2 | R2C3 | R2C4 | R2C5 |
| 2006 | A Day Out | Diary, recount, two differing points of view | Endangered creature | Report |
| 2005 | Can I stay up? | Playscript and persuasion | My Favourite Meal | Description and persuasion |
| 2004 | Time for a Change | Script for a speech - point of view, explanation, persuasion | Eyewitness | chronological report.recount, formal writing |
| 2003 | The Queue | Story and recount | The Toy | Radio advert - persuasion |
| 2002 |
A Special Guest Community Park A Forgetful Character Change in Time |
formal letter + persuasion leaflet + information + explanation story story + time shift |
| 2001 |
Tried and tested Scene from a play Three Wishes Mystery Solved |
report playscript traditional tale story |
| 2000 |
Moving Away The Amazing Creature Trapped The Big Event |
diary letter + report story story |
| 1999 |
Spider Supporter Sea World If Pictures Could Speak Home at Last |
letter + persuasion leaflet - information + persuasion story - 1st person story |
| 1998 |
Read all about it The School Trip You're in Charge Changes |
interview newsletter story story |
| 1997 |
Save the Grove A Strange Tale Rescue At the Water's Edge |
leaflet - information and persuasion story story story |
| 1996 |
Look Who's talking No Time to Lose The Longest Day School Days |
story story story information - report |
| 1995 | Can't find the writing tasks | Anyone else got them? |
| 1994 | Did they do SATs then? |