Tag: primary education

• CPD Review: English Subject Leaders (CLPE)

  

  Aside from having one of the most extaordinarily beautiful libraries I’ve ever seen, the CLPE is bursting with passionate, experienced educators who always leave me feeling inspired. I have been lucky enough to attend many of the brilliant CLPE courses over the past few years but this one in particular gave me so much to…

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  March 7, 2020

  CPD

  centre for literacy in primary education, CLPE, courses, CPD, english, english leader, leadership, literacy, literacy coordinator, primary education, professional development, reading, subject leader, writing

• Happy National Poetry Day!

  

  This year, whilst researching ideas to celebrate National Poetry Day with my class, I came across Tony Walsh’s poem Take This Pen. I love how the energy and passion of the poem builds to a beautiful, lyrical crescendo. It’s an incredibly moving poem, beautifully illustrated by Chris Riddell, which reminds us that everyone has something…

  literacywithmissp

  October 3, 2019

  writing for pleasure

  english, National Poetry Day, Poems, poetry, poetry planning, primary education, school, Speak your truth poem, teaching

• Writing Rivers

  

  I originally saw Jon Biddle‘s excellent Reading Rivers report on the Open University’s Reading for Pleasure website. It stems from an idea originally explored by Pamela Burnard (2002) whereby the ‘river’ was used as a reflective tool to represent key musical experiences. It was then further explored by Gabrielle Cliff-Hodges (2010) with secondary readers and…

  literacywithmissp

  February 5, 2019

  reading for pleasure, writing for pleasure

  books, education, OURfP, primary, primary education, primary english, reading, reading rivers, readingforpleasure, writing, writing rivers, writingforpleasure

• Inspiring Reading & Writing: Launching a Magazine

  

  If your school does not yet have its own magazine or newspaper, founding one can be an amazing opportunity to encourage reading and writing across the whole school community. It’s a fantastic way to get kids into journalistic writing, generating their own ideas and taking ownership of a producing a publication. Starting from scratch can…

  literacywithmissp

  January 19, 2019

  reading for pleasure, writing for pleasure

  education, primary education, primary english, reading, readingforpleasure, readingrocks, school magazine, starting a magazine, writing, writingforpleasure

• Book Clubs for Teachers: Widening reading repertoires

  

  I had known for some time that my knowledge of children’s books was a weak area and when I came cross the Open University’s self-review document for teachers whilst scrolling through twitter one day, I thought, ‘why not?’ I clicked on the link and started dutifully answering the questions. It was worse than I thought. I was lured…

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  October 20, 2018

  reading for pleasure, Teachers’ Book Group

  book club, bookclub, books, children’s literature, education, english, literacy, open university, OU, Poems, poetry, primary education, reading, reading for pleasure, reading rocks, teachers as readers, teachers book club, teaching

• Blind Date with a Book

  

  I was thinking about National Libraries Week (taking place from 8 – 13 October 2018) and how we might celebrate our much-loved school library, when I stumbled upon the idea of having a blind date with a book. The aim is to encourage children to explore new genres and authors in an exciting, engaging way and the ‘blind…

  literacywithmissp

  September 23, 2018

  reading for pleasure

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• Inspiring Writing: Publishing a Book

  

  If there is a better way to motivate and excite children about books, than by turning them into published authors, I do not know about it. Publishing books gives children the most authentic purpose and audience for their writing and is an incredible way of inspiring writing in school. Publishing, sharing, performing and celebrating their…

  literacywithmissp

  July 27, 2018

  writing for pleasure

  book making, bookmaking, english, inspiring writing, poetry, primary education, reading, writing, writing for pleasure