The day will focus on inspiring children to read for pleasure, reading choices, poetry, creative writing, nonfiction texts 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.
Emma Carroll author of Letters from the Lighthouse, Strange Star, In Darkling Wood, The Girl Who Walked on Air and Frost Hollow Hall shares her writing process and ideas for finding inspiration. Prue Goodwin, lecturer in literacy and children’s books, will discuss strategies to get children reading, learning and achieving.
There will be sessions and workshops on successful and practical classroom reading for pleasure strategies, visual literacy, poetry for children and nonfiction writing from Catherine Millar, Sally Kindberg and Simon Mole.
The conference will explore:
- Ideas for promoting enjoyment and engagement in reading.
- Raising achievement.
- Strategies to encourage whole school wider reading.
- The importance of illustration and drawing in reading for pleasure.
- Nonfiction texts and media.
- The writing process and what makes a good children’s book.
- The role of poetry in reading for pleasure
- Being creative with books.
- Sharing good practice.
- Resources, ideas and tips that can be used in the classroom.
The conference will take place at the Guardian offices at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9GU on Monday 5 March, 9.15am-4pm.
Great value at £120 (including VAT) which includes lunch and resources.
Book a place on this conference
For further information please email educationcentre@theguardian.com, or telephone 020 3353 3306/7.
Feedback from Reading for pleasure conference 24 November 2017
Just contacting you to thank you enormously for the Reading For Pleasure Conference on 24 November. It was far and away the best event of its type that I have ever attended! All the speakers were extremely entertaining, inspirational and informative.
It was a pleasure to share the day with other people passionate about reading.
The networking opportunities are just as useful as the talks so glad you have programmed them in.
Very informative, full, fun packed and extremely well organised.
Thank you for organising such a wonderful conference - the best I’ve ever attended.
Beautifully organised - friendly and professional.
Very good pace - kept us on our toes.
Well organised and thoughtful presentations.
Inspiration and lots of creative ideas.
Absolutely loved it. Thank you.
