Course Details This conference will focus on practical strategies for developing young children as storytellers and writers. We will look at how to help children learn a bank of stories through story mapping, using actions and deepening understanding through play. From nursery to year 2, we will explore approaches to helping children develop their own creative versions of well-known stories, poems and non-fiction both orally and through writing. Using examples and film clips of shared and guided writing, the conference will also consider how to help children create their own imaginative stories.The course will:Explore school grounds and local areas as a rich context for developing literacy skills, knowledge and understanding.Consider resource provision and practical aspects of developing literacy opportunities outdoors, including creative approaches which facilitate higher order thinking.Ensure that outdoor literacy is a frequent and regular part of any class...
This conference will focus on practical strategies for developing young children as storytellers and writers. We will look at how to help children learn a bank of stories through story mapping, using actions and deepening understanding through play. From nursery to year 2, we will explore approaches to helping children develop their own creative versions of well-known stories, poems and non-fiction both orally and through writing. Using examples and film clips of shared and guided writing, the conference will also consider how to help children create their own imaginative stories.The course will:Explore school grounds and local areas as a rich context for developing literacy skills, knowledge and understanding.Consider resource provision and practical aspects of developing literacy opportunities outdoors, including creative approaches which facilitate higher order thinking.Ensure that outdoor literacy is a frequent and regular part of any class...
Sue is an experienced and knowledgeable primary literacy and early years consultant who provides training throughout the country to schools, consortiums and localauthorities. As a senior consultant with the National Strategies she has been supporting the implementation of Talk4Writing since 2008. Sue also works with individual schools to deliver bespoke consultancy to staff, subject leaders and senior management teams.Since attending the original Talk4Writing training with Pie Corbett as a senior primary national strategy consultant and communication, language and literacy development (CLLD) consultant, Sue has been apassionate advocate of the approach. Using a mixture of informative, reflective and practical activities she is excited to disseminate the key messages from Talk4Writing to develop quality first teaching and learning, and