The day will focus on inspiring children to read for pleasure, reflecting diversity in reading choices, visual literacy, creative writing, non-fiction texts, critical 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.
Candy Gourlay, author of Bone Talk, Is it a Mermaid?, Shine and Tall will discuss writing stories for young people of all ages and encouraging students to be creative. Gary Northfield, author and illustrator of The Terrible Tales of The Teenytinysaurs, Gary’s Garden and the Julius Zebra series: Rumble With The Romans; Bundle With The Britons; and Entangled With The Egyptians will discuss creating children’s books. Prue Goodwin, lecturer in literacy and children’s books, will explore the range of books needed in primary classrooms to fully support the reading curriculum.
There will be sessions and workshops on successful and practical classroom reading for pleasure strategies, creative writing, critical literacy and empowering children to navigate news stories, and engaging students with a diverse range of authors and texts from speakers and NewsWise and The National Literacy Trust.
Muswell Hill Children’s bookshop will be selling books on the day.
The conference will explore:
Ideas for promoting enjoyment and engagement in reading.
The writing process and what makes a good children’s book.
Strategies to include a diverse range of voices and texts in the classroom.
Use reading for pleasure to inspire creative writing.
The importance of illustration and drawing in reading for pleasure.
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.
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Feedback from Reading for pleasure, primary teachers and librarians – 9 November 2018
Just amazing and inspirational. I want to be back in the classroom now so that I can try out the resources and ideas.
Fantastically high quality talks which both inject and inspire passion.
I really enjoyed it, feel inspired and am hoping to come again next year.
Useful to consider how we can programme poetry workshops/events and longer term poetry projects.
Excellent day - well organised and hugely knowledgable and inspiring chair and guests.
I have got so many ideas ready to implement in my school. The biggest gap being poetry - currently its tagged on. I have big plans from today!
It was a super day - thank you!
This was an excellent course. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute!
