“I will certainly change the way I teach literacy forever. Excellent!”
Kieran Kelleker, St Mary’s, Tilbury, Year 5 teacher.
We are delighted to report back on the success of our exciting Primary Literacy Conference: Be A Writer - Igniting the Creative Experience held on Friday 18th November at the ETC Venue, Paddington.
Led by keynote speaker Pie Corbett, the conference provided an opportunity to explore best practice, current educational thinking and strategies that work best to develop and further promote the creative writing experience.
About the day
Keynote Speech
Teaching the Craft of Writing - Pie Corbett
In this keynote session, Pie drew upon his work on the ‘Teachers and Teaching Assistants as Writers’ and 'Writing Schools' research projects to demonstrate the importance of the role of the teacher as writer. He looked at the process of imitation, innovation and invention in language learning, showing how to work imaginatively whilst also ensuring progress.
Workshops
Storytelling for Writing - Pie Corbett
Pie discussed how we engage children as creative writers and explored ideas for teaching children how to retell a story and develop a story orally as well as how to use shared writing to move from telling into writing.
Art as a Start - Dr Jacqueline Harrett
Art is a wonderful way to engage children in thinking about narrative. In this interactive workshop, Jacqueline examined how art can be used to stimulate talk leading to different genres of writing.
Writing for Real - Gill Matthews
Writing for Real is a proven approach to motivating children as writers. In this workshop, Gill explored how to improve children’s attitudes to writing and the quality of their writing in a creative and exciting way.
Find out more about our team of Primary Literacy experts. →
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