The day will focus on inspiring children to read for pleasure, reflecting diversity in reading choices, poetry, news literacy, encouraging boys to read for pleasure, visual literacy and reading strategies that raise attainment. Throughout the day there will be opportunities to share good practice.
The event will be chaired by the Guardian’s Children’s books editor Julia Eccleshare.
Benji Davies, author and illustrator of Grandad’s Island, winner of the Sainsburys children’s book award 2015, and Storm Whale series and The Grotlyn will discuss creating and illustrating stories for younger readers. Joseph Coelho, poet and author of Werewolf Rules Club!, winner of 2015 CLiPPA poetry award , Overheard in a Tower Block, Luna Loves Library Day, If All The World Were… and How to Write Poems will discuss the joys of encouraging young people to read and write poetry.
Charlotte Hacking, Learning Programme Leader, Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) will share findings, strategies and practical tips from the Power of Poetry Research Project. Andy Young will discuss successful classroom reading for pleasure strategies that have worked in Grafton primary school.
There will be sessions and workshops on successful and practical classroom reading for pleasure strategies, poetry, critical literacy and empowering children to navigate news stories, encouraging boys to read for pleasure, and engaging students with a diverse range of authors and texts from CLPE, NewsWise, The National Literacy Trust, BookTrust, The British Library and poet Simon Mole.
The conference will explore:
Ideas for promoting enjoyment and engagement in reading.
The role of poetry in reading for pleasure.
The writing process and what makes a good children’s book.
Strategies to include a diverse range of voices and texts in the classroom.
Different forms and genres of writing.
News literacy and empowering children to be fake news detectives.
Working with organisations that promote a love of reading.
Being creative with books.
Sharing good practice.
The conference costs £100 plus VAT (£120) which includes lunch and resources.
Feedback from previous Reading for pleasure conferences
Reading for pleasure, secondary teachers and librarians - 5 July 2018
Outstanding in every way. Feeling excited and inspired.
Brilliant to be able to network with other librarians. Appreciate having the time and direction.
So many ideas. A variety of tasks. A great lunch. Brilliant to have theory, ideas, discussion and then apply it to the voices and stories from the BL exhibition.
Very useful, plenty of ideas to adapt and utilise.
It’s been so inspiring and moving. Thank you!
Reading for pleasure, primary teachers and librarians - 5 March 2018
Loved it. It was very useful and I learnt a lot of strategies to make reading fun.
It reinvigorated me. It was very enjoyable and particularly good to meet authors and hear from them.
As flagging NQT I feel much more inspired to teach and keep promoting reading. It is refreshing when people remind us that we are professionals and have judgement - and can make rebellious changes.
Many ideas of celebrate reading in different ways. Hopefully I can inspire my staff and children.
Excellent ideas and real action pints. It was a great chance to meet others and make new contacts.
Inspiration for literacy leadership and ideas to set up a school idea. I have too many great ideas, I will stress my colleagues out!
I have lots of ideas for engaging children with reading and them them volunteer to choose books.
