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March 2020
Word Aware – a blended approach to vocabulary and language study
Are you prioritising children’s language as an area for development? Is your vocabulary teaching integrated through text-based teaching and context? Do you use a blended approach for teaching vocabulary, using the most appropriate strategy for the keywords at the right time? Are you working at a deep level, or are you stuck in a rut with superficial routine practices? Words are the bedrock of language. Children need vocabulary that is both broad and deep for secure reading comprehension. Limited vocabulary…
Poetry for Pleasure
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 Poetry for Pleasure
Reading Comprehension: digging deeper with inference skills
Are you diagnostic in your approach to teaching inference and can you confidently support readers who face a range of inferencing challenges? Are you confident in knowing when using the prediction strategy is beneficial to readers and when it might inhibit comprehension? Do you know what to do when learners struggle with coherence inferencing? Would you benefit from finding new, practical ways to support colleagues in their teaching of inference? Most teachers know something about inference, but many are not…
April 2020
Exploring Children’s Literature: Humour is a Serious Business
Twilights 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 humour in children's books. Bring along the books that you and the children in your class find funny.
Word Aware: a blended approach to vocabulary and language study
Are you prioritising children’s language as an area for development? Is your vocabulary teaching integrated through text-based teaching and context? Do you use a blended approach for teaching vocabulary, using the most appropriate strategy for the keywords at the right time? Are you working at a deep level, or are you stuck in a rut with superficial routine practices? Words are the bedrock of language. Children need vocabulary that is both broad and deep for secure reading comprehension. Limited vocabulary…
May 2020
Subjects Matter! revisiting the demands for reading in the curriculum
Are you reading enough appropriately challenging nonfiction with your class? Do you consider the reading demands of the subject discipline when planning to use nonfiction texts? Do your pupils have the skills for critical nonfiction reading, beyond the traditional information skills? Is your school library stocked with up-to-date nonfiction that meets the demand of the current curriculum? Nonfiction, perhaps more than any other form of writing, has been subject to the demands of education policy and the impact of new…
Classics: Adaptions and interpretations
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: Classics: Adaptions and interpretations
June 2020
School Improvement: Why your library matters
School Improvement: why your library matters Maximising the potential of the library for developing communities of learners. Are school libraries needed in the digital age, when information can be accessed at the click of a button? The answer is a resounding yes! Learning and the acquisition of knowledge are more than the retrieval of information. A well-managed library is a repository of knowledge that is curated to meet the needs of learners in your schools, it is a visual and…