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September 2019
Diversity & Inclusivity: reading the 1%
Twilight events are interactive, workshop style events focused on a particular aspect of children's literature. They are a chance to share and learn collaboratively. All delegates need to come prepared to contribute and actively participate so that together we explore ideas and collectively develop our thinking. In this session we will be focusing on: Diversity & Inclusivity: reading the 1%
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Readability
Twilight events are interactive, workshop style events focused on a particular aspect of children's literature. They are a chance to share and learn collaboratively. All delegates need to come prepared to contribute and actively participate so that together we explore ideas and collectively develop our thinking. In this session we will be focusing on: Readability
Find out more »Action Research Group – Session One
This meeting is for the Just Imagine and Linton Mead action research group.
Find out more »Reading for History – Project Year 2 – Session 1
This meeting is for teachers in the Just Imagine and Woodlands Academy Trust action research group.
Find out more »Exploring Children’s Literature (Graphic Novels)
Twilight's are interactive, workshop style events focused on a particular aspect of children's literature. They are a chance to share and learn collaboratively. All delegates need to come prepared to contribute and actively participate so that together we explore ideas and collectively develop our thinking. In this session we will be focusing on: Exploring Children's Literature (graphic novels).
Find out more »Between the Lines – Comprehension Day 1
Course content This comprehensive, practical and interactive course explores the full range of reading skills. It addresses knowledge-based and skills-based perspectives and proposes pedagogical practices which develop skills in rich and purposeful contexts. The content draws on a two-year research project managed by Just Imagine and funded by the DfE and London School Excellence Fund. It is informed by work undertaken for Guiding Readers - Layers of Meaning, winner of the UKLA Academic Book of the Year 2017 (Wayne Tennent, David…
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Subject Matter! Rethinking nonfiction reading and writing at KS2.
Course content Building on research of the past 30 years, we start with an overview of ways in which literacy research, education policy, publishing and new technologies have framed approaches to teaching nonfiction. Understanding approaches to working with nonfiction We reflect on what we have learnt from different approaches, as well as assessing their relative strengths and limitations. We propose a way of engaging critically with nonfiction materials to help children develop subject expertise as well as literacy across a…
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