The day will focus on inspiring children to read and write for pleasure, being creative with books and reading strategies that raise attainment. Throughout the day there will be opportunities to share good practice.
The morning session will take place at the Guardian with the afternoon spent at the British Library, including a visit to the Harry Potter: A History of Magic exhibition.
The event will be chaired by the Guardian’s Children’s books editor Julia Eccleshare.
Comedian, actor, magician and author Nick Mohammed will discuss writing the Young Magician’s and The Thieves’ Almanac. Catherine Millar will share successful classroom reading for pleasure strategies that have worked in Yorkshire primary schools. There will be good practice workshops from CLPE on the Power of Reading programme, BookTrust on building successful reading teams and the British Library learning team on What is Writing?
The afternoon session will take place at the British Library with a curator introduction to the Harry Potter: A History of Magic exhibition, followed by an exhibition visit guided by British Library creative educators.
The conference will explore:
- Ideas for promoting enjoyment and engagement in reading.
- Raising attainment in reading and writing.
- Strategies to encourage whole school wider reading.
- Different forms and genres of writing.
- Building reading teams and book groups.
- Working with organisations that promote a love of reading.
- The writing process and what makes a good children’s book.
- Being creative with books.
- Sharing good practice.
- Resources, ideas and tips that can be used in the classroom.
The seminar costs £100 plus VAT (£120) which includes lunch and resources.
Feedback from previous conferences:
Yes! Yes! Yes! - lots of ways to get students reading.
This is my third conference and every year I leave buzzing with ideas and contacts.
I have inspiration to keep going in the classroom and new and rejuvenated ways to incorporate reading for pleasure.
An excellent conference.
I am inspired to create lots of teaching strategies – thanks.
I have lots of new ideas to share with my colleagues and students.
Excellent – I have new ideas to encourage students to read for pleasure.
Totally empowering, great speakers and great atmosphere.
I liked the range of speakers - lots of different approaches, backgrounds and concepts.
It was great to have space to reflect, ideas to implement and to share practice.
Very enjoyable. Lots of insights and approaches to enable children to read for pleasure and to develop a sound reading for pleasure culture in school.
Excellent - there are lots of takeaways from ideas to basic enthusiasm. It was very well organised and pacy - thanks, we will be back.
