I will be talking about WHY younger primary age children deserve a richer, deeper English curriculum based around quality texts: picturebooks, children’s literature and even the beginnings of introductions to famous writers. I will also talk about HOW this can be achieved, with examples of pupils' writing.
I will be using case studies from schools where a toolkit of ideas called the opening doors strategies are being used across the UK and abroad. The innovations include:
- Making quality texts a norm for the curriculum so that challenging ideas and
language can be pitched high but accessed by all
- using a range of access strategies to ensure the fascination of challenging
literature is enjoyed as early as possible.
- Knowledge chunks are introduced in stages by teachers to focus on depth of
learning
- Writing can be used as a taster to spur on comprehension
- How to plan for far more quality reading for all pupils
This will be in presentation style with the chance to ask questions in the 'chat' box
www.searchingforexcellence.co.uk
@BobCox_SFE
Link to free literary modules for teachers to try out:
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxCgNvQM8mbQK9KZ3P5UtQ5dmy5uQrRAX
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